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Table 2 Details on the consumption of pornographic material of the study sample

From: The role of pornography in the sex life of young adults-a cross-sectional cohort study on female and male German medical students

Characteristics

All

(n = 468)

Female students

(n = 293)

Male students

(n = 175)

n

%

n

%

n

%

Consumption of pornographic material (in life)

No

89

19.0

83

28.3

6

3.4

Yes

379

81.0

210

71.7

169

96.6

Porn consumption (total in last 4 weeks)

Med (1st-3rdQ) *

0 (0–2)

12 (6–20)

Masturbation while consuming pornography *

Never

103

23.2

101

37.2

2

1.2

Sometimes

61

13.7

52

19.2

9

5.2

Most times

110

24.8

50

18.5

60

34.7

Always

170

38.3

68

25.1

102

58.9

Consumption of pornography as movie*

No

110

29.0

81

38.6

29

17.2

Yes

269

71.0

129

61.43

140

82.8

Consumption of pornography as pictures*

No

291

76.8

176

83.8

115

68.1

Yes

88

23.2

34

16.2

54

31.9

Consumption of pornography as books/written*

No

321

84.7

161

76.7

160

94.7

Yes

58

15.3

49

23.3

9

5.3

Inspired by pornography*

No

78

17.6

64

23.8

14

8.1

Maybe

95

21.5

65

24.2

30

17.3

Yes

269

60.9

140

52.0

129

74.6

Porn consumption with someone else*

No

258

68.1

126

60.0

132

78.1

Yes

121

31.9

84

40.0

37

21.9

Porn consumption with partner*

No

278

73.4

139

66.2

139

82.3

Yes

101

26.6

71

33.8

30

17.7

Porn consumption with friends

No

346

91.2

188

89.5

158

93.5

Yes

33

8.7

22

10.5

11

6.5

Porn consumption with strangers

No

378

99.7

210

100.0

168

99.4

Yes

1

0.3

0

0.0

1

0.6

Sending of pornographic material*

No

437

94.0

277

95.5

160

91.4

Yes

28

6.0

13

4.5

15

8.6

  1. Notes: * indicating statistically significant (p < 0.05) differences in the comparison of female and male students; Med median, 1st-3rdQ 1st to 3rd quartile; missing data per characteristic ranged from 0 to 24