Table 3 Factors associated with the consumption of pornography in female and male students - results of multiple Poisson regression with backward elimination
Characteristics | Female students (n = 293) | Male students (n = 175) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
RR [95% CI] | p | RR [95% CI] | p | |
Age (continuous) | 0.92 [0.87–0.96] | < 0.001 | – | – |
BMI (continuous) | 1.12 [1.07–1.16] | < 0.001 | – | – |
Satisfaction with physical appearance (ref. no) | ||||
Yes | 4.13 [2.11–8.07] | < 0.001 | – | – |
Social media use for dating (ref. no) | ||||
Yes | 1.27 [1.01–1.59] | 0.040 | – | – |
Sending erotic pictures of one’s self (ref. no) | ||||
Yes | 1.35 [1.07–1.70] | 0.012 | 1.15 [0.97–1.28] | 0.064 |
Inspired by pornography (ref. no) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||
Maybe | 1.77 [1.15–2.70] | 2.36 [1.71–3.27] | ||
Yes | 2.67 [1.82–3.94] | 2.69 [1.97–3.68] | ||
Sexual orientation (ref. heterosexual) | < 0.001 | 0.117 | ||
Mostly heterosexual | 1.55 [1.23–1.97] | 0.99 [0.86–1.13] | ||
Bisexual | 2.22 [1.43–3.45] | 0.59 [0.40–0.87] | ||
Mostly homosexual/homosexual | 2.28 [1.07–4.87] | 0.86 [0.71–1.04] | ||
Partnered sexual activity (total over last 4 weeks) (continuous) | 0.98 [0.96–0.99] | 0.009 | – | – |
Masturbation (total over last 4 weeks) (continuous) | 1.06 [1.04–1.07] | < 0.001 | 1.04 [1.03–1.05] | < 0.001 |
Enjoyment of anal intercourse (in life) (ref. at least sometimes) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||
No anal intercourse | 0.57 [0.44–0.74] | 0.77 [0.70–0.85] | ||
Never/few times | 0.89 [0.66–1.21] | 0.69 [0.55–0.87] | ||
Sexual intercourse with multiple partners at the same time (in life) (ref. no) | ||||
Yes | 1.55 [1.18–2.03] | 0.002 | – | – |
Cheating on partner (in life) (ref. no) | 0.005 | |||
Yes | – | – | 0.81 [0.70–0.94] | |
No answer | – | – | 1.10 [0.99–1.22] | |
Sexual transmitted disease (in life) (ref.no) | ||||
Yes | 1.60 [1.23–2.09] | < 0.001 | 0.77 [0.68–0.88] | < 0.001 |