Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics of participants (n = 19)
| Participant | Age (years) | Educational levelA | JobB | Duration of relationship (years) | Children (n) | PregnancyC | Infertility treatments (n)D | Year of last treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 37 | High | White | 15 | 0 | Yes | 2 | 2021 |
| 2 | 38 | High | Grey | 9 | 2 | No | 2 | 2020 |
| 3 | 33 | High | Grey | 15 | 0 | Yes | 1 | 2022 |
| 4 | 41 | High | White | 19 | 1 | No | 3 | 2018 |
| 5 | 33 | High | White | 16 | 0 | No | 3 | 2022 |
| 6 | 41 | High | White | 9 | 1 | No | 3 | 2022 |
| 7 | 37 | Middle | Blue | 21 | 0 | No | 1 | 2022 |
| 8 | 31 | High | Grey | 9 | 1 | No | 5 | 2020 |
| 9 | 34 | Middle | Blue | 12 | 1 | No | 3 | 2019 |
| 10 | 36 | High | Grey | 8 | 1 | No | 4 | 2022 |
| 11 | 38 | High | White | 20 | 3 | No | 4 | 2019 |
| 12 | 45 | High | White | 10 | 0 | Yes | 2 | 2021 |
| 13 | 35 | High | Grey | 4.5 | 0 | No | 2 | 2022 |
| 14 | 37 | High | White | 16 | 2 | No | 4 | 2020 |
| 15 | 32 | High | White | 7 | 1 | No | 1 | 2021 |
| 16 | 35 | High | White | 6.5 | 1 | No | 2 | 2020 |
| 17 | 31 | High | White | 6 | 1 | No | 1 | 2021 |
| 18 | 30 | High | White | 8.5 | 1 | No | 1 | 2020 |
| 19 | 37 | High | White | 5 | 1 | No | 2 | 2020 |
A Low refers to elementary education, middle refers to high school or middle-level applied education, and high refers to higher professional or academic education; Bwhite-collar jobs refer to administrative and management positions, blue-collar jobs refer to manual labour, and grey-collar jobs are a combination of white and blue-collar jobs; Cyes if partner was pregnant at the time of the interview; DICSI treatments