Table 2

Sexual behaviours during COVID-19 social distancing measures in Panama, 2020

	All participants		Cis-women		Cis-men		Non-binary/another gender
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
(A) Individual and casual partner behaviours
Sexual satisfaction	n=833		n=463		n=311		n=59
Decreased	406	48.7	243	52.5	133	42.8	30	50.8
The same	211	25.3	115	24.8	81	26.1	15	25.4
Increased	216	25.9	105	22.7	97	31.9	14	23.7
Sexual problems*	n=486		n=301		n=156		n=29
Decreased	240	49.4	140	46.5	83	53.2	17	58.6
The same	141	29.0	89	29.6	44	28.2	8	27.6
Increased	105	21.6	72	23.9	29	18.6	4	13.8
Masturbated	n=817		n=455		n=307		n=55
Decreased	181	22.1	120	26.4	46	15.0	15	27.3
The same	410	50.2	246	54.1	132	43.0	32	58.2
Increased	226	27.7	89	19.6	129	42.0	8	14.6
Pornography use	n=804		n=442		n=306		n=56
Decreased	141	17.5	78	17.7	52	17.0	11	19.6
The same	483	60.1	306	69.2	138	45.1	39	69.6
Increased	180	22.4	58	13.1	116	37.9	6	10.7
Virtual sex†	n=800		n=441		n=303		n=56
Decreased	94	11.8	36	8.2	45	14.9	13	23.2
The same	547	68.4	329	74.6	180	59.4	38	67.9
Increased	159	19.9	76	17.2	78	24.7	5	8.9
Casual sex encounters	n=800		n=441		n=304		n=55
Decreased	230	28.8	99	22.4	115	37.8	16	29.1
The same	549	68.6	333	75.5	178	58.5	38	69.1
Increased	21	2.6	9	2.0	11	3.6	1	1.8
Condom use with a casual partner	n=198		n=81		n=102		n=15
Decreased	35	17.7	12	14.8	19	18.6	4	26.7
The same	131	66.2	59	72.8	63	61.8	9	60.0
Increased	32	16.2	10	12.3	20	19.6	2	13.3
(B) Long-term relationship behaviours
Long-term partnership tensions‡	n=495		n=308		n=159		n=28
Decreased	169	34.1	107	34.7	51	32.1	11	39.3
The same	158	31.9	102	33.1	47	29.6	9	32.1
Increased	168	33.9	99	32.1	61	38.4	8	28.6
Sex with a long-term partner	n=491		n=305		n=157		n=29
Decreased	249	50.7	153	50.2	82	52.2	14	48.3
The same	178	36.2	108	35.4	61	38.8	9	31.0
Increased	64	13.0	44	14.4	14	8.9	6	20.7
Condom use with a long-term partner	n=479		n=298		n=154		n=27
Decreased	77	16.1	47	15.8	24	15.6	6	22.2
The same	386	80.6	244	81.9	122	79.2	20	74.1
Increased	16	3.3	7	2.3	8	5.2	1	3.7

*Sexual problems are individual or partners issues including erectile dysfunction or inhibited desire and orgasm.
†Virtual sex is a composite variable of cybersex use and/or sexting use.
‡Fight with long-term partner.