THE EFFECT OF EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ON SEXUAL ACTIVITY AFTER CHILDBIRTH/UTJECAJ OBRAZOVANJA I STATUSA ZAPOSLENJA NA SEKSUALNU AKTIVNOST NAKON PORODAJA

• Published in: Acta clinica Croatica (Tisak) 2023-09, Vol.62 (3), p.473
• Main Authors: Potkonjak, Ana Meyra, Vranes, Hrvoje, Djakovic, Ivka, Vranes, Hrvojka Soljacic
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Academic achievement; Employment; Health aspects; Mothers; Puerperium; Sexual behavior; Sexual intercourse; Social aspects; Surveys
• ISSN: 0353-9466
• DOI: 10.20471/acc.2023.62.03.9

The aim of the study was to explore the relationship between educational level, employment status and sexual activity after delivery. The study was conducted on 286 women with experience of vaginal delivery who completed the questionnaire about age, education, employment, and health status for themselves and partners. Time of the first intercourse and its frequency in the first year after childbirth was observed. Relationship between the variables observed was explored by using multiple linear regression. The mean pregnancy duration was 39 weeks. The mean age of participants was 29.9 (16 to 44) years. Most women had high education (n=170, 59.4%), 114 (39.9%) had secondary, and 2 (0.7%) had primary educational level. Although there were significant differences in the time of the first intercourse and maternal educational level (p=0.013872), partner's employment status (p=0.007403) and maternal age (p= 0.01107), as well as differences in the frequency of intercourse in the first year following delivery and partner's educational level (p=0.016929), multiple correlation coefficients indicated a very weak correlation. According to study results, the correlation of educational level, employment status and sexual activity after childbirth is weak. Key words: Childbirth; Sexual activity; Intercourse; Socioeconomic factors Cilj istrazivanja bio je ispitati povezanost stupnja obrazovanja, statusa zaposlenja i seksualne aktivnosti nakon porodaja. U istrazivanju je sudjelovalo 286 zena s iskustvom vaginalnog porodaja i jednak broj njihovih partnera. Ispitanici su ispunili upitnik o dobi, obrazovanju, statusu zaposlenosti i zdravstvenom stanju. Promatrano je vrijeme prvog seksualnog odnosa i njihove ucestalosti u prvoj godini nakon porodaja. Ispitivanje povezanosti navedenih pokazatelja provedeno je metodom visestruke linearne regresije. Prosjecno trajanje trudnoce iznosilo je 39 tjedana gestacije. Srednja vrijednost dobi ispitanica bila je 29,9 godina (16 do 44 godine). Vecina ispitanica bile su visoko obrazovane zene (n=170, 59,4%), 114 (39,9%) ill je imalo srednje obrazovanje, a dvije zene imale su primarno obrazovanje (0,7%). Dokazana je statisticki znacajna povezanost izmedu vremena proteklog od porodaja do prvog seksualnog odnosa i stupnja obrazovanja zene (p=0,013872), statusa zaposlenosti partnera (p=0,007403), dobi zene (p=0,01107), ali i povezanost izmedu ucestalosti seksualnih odnosa u prvoj godini nakon porodaja i stupnja obrazovanja partnera (p=0,016929).