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. 2024 Jul 11;41(9):2327–2336. doi: 10.1007/s10815-024-03194-7

Table 2.

Association of willingness to be an egg donor, desire for compensation, and minimum desired compensation with financial characteristics

Would consider donating eggs Would desire monetary compensation if donating eggs Minimum amount of money necessary to donate eggs (dichotomous variable)
N (%) = 348 n (%) Yes n = 166 n (%) No n = 166 RR (95 CI) n (%) Yes n = 140 n (%) No n = 25 RR (95 CI) n (%) less than $5000
n = 75
n (%) greater than $5000
n = 65
RR (95 CI)
Current yearly personal earnings
  Not currently employed (including full-time student) 55 (16.27) 26 (49.91) 27 (50.94) 1.00 (referent) 22 (84.62) 4 (15.38) 1.00 (referent) 17 (77.27) 5 (22.73) 1.00 (referent)
  $30,000 or less 89 (26.33) 43 (49.43) 44 (50.57) 1.01 (0.71—1.43) 38 (90.48) 4 (9.52) 1.07 (0.88—1.29) 24 (63.16) 14 (36.84) 1.62 (0.68—3.89)
  $30,000—$60,000 103 (30.47) 50 (50.00) 50 (50.00) 1.01 (0.72—1.42) 45 (91.84) 4 (8.16) 1.09 (0.90—1.30) 18 (40.00) 27 (60.00) 2.64 (1.18—5.91)
  $60,000—$80,000 48 (14.20%) 27 (56.25) 21 (43.75) 1.15 (0.79—1.66) 23 (85.19) 4 (14.81) 1.01 (0.80—1.26) 10 (43.48) 13 (56.52) 2.49 (1.06—5.82)
  $80,000—$100,000 16 (4.73) 9 (56.25) 7 (43.75) 1.15 (0.69—1.91) 6 (66.67) 3 (33.33) 0.79 (0.48—1.29) 1 (16.67) 5 (83.33) 3.67 (1.56—8.57)
  $100,000—$200,000 25 (7.40) 12 (48.00) 13 (52.00) 0.97 (0.60—1.60) 6 (50.00) 6 (50.00) 0.59 (0.33—1.07) 5 (83.33) 1 (16.67) 0.73 (0.10—5.14)
  Greater than $200,000 2 (0.59) 0 (0) 2 (100) - 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) -
CFPB Score
  Very Low 8 (2.40) 7 (87.50) 1 (12.50) 1.71 (1.25 – 2.33) 6 (85.71) 1 (14.29) 1.08 (0.78 – 1.50) 5 (83.33) 1 (16.67) 0.36 (0.06 – 2.20)
  Low 19 (5.71) 10 (52.63) 9 (47.37) 1.03 (0.65 – 1.63) 10 (100.00) 0 (0) - 4 (40.00) 6 (60.00) 1.30 (0.72 – 2.32)
  Medium Low 138 (41.44) 65 (48.15) 70 (51.85) 0.94 (0.73 – 1.20) 58 (90.63) 6 (9.38) 1.14 (0.99 – 1.32) 31 (53.45) 27 (46.55) 1.01 (0.68 – 1.50)
  Medium High 133 (39.94) 68 (51.13) 65 (48.87) 1.00 (referent) 54 (79.41) 14 (20.59) 1.00 (referent) 29 (53.70) 25 (46.30) 1.00 (referent)
  High 29 (8.71) 14 (48.28) 15 (51.72) 0.94 (0.63 – 1.42) 10 (71.43) 4 (28.57) 0.90 (0.63 – 1.28) 4 (40.00) 6 (60.00) 1.30 (0.72 – 2.32)
  Very High 6 (1.80) 1 (16.67) 5 (83.33) 0.33 (0.05 – 1.97) 1 (100.00) 0 (0) - 1 (100.00) 0 (0) -
Debt amount
  $1,000 or less 113 (33.33) 49 (44.14) 62 (55.86) 1.00 (referent) 38 (77.55) 11 (22.45) 1.00 (referent) 24 (63.14) 14 (36.84) 1.00 (referent)
  $1,000—$10,000 91 (23.89) 46 (57.50) 34 (42.50) 1.30 (0.98—1.73) 38 (82.61) 8 (17.39) 1.07 (0.87 – 1.30) 21 (55.26) 17 (44.74) 1.21 (0.70 -2.10)
  $10,000—$50,000 86 (25.37) 42 (50.00) 42 (50.00) 1.13 (0.84—1.53) 37 (90.24) 4 (9.76) 1.16 (0.97 –1.39) 17 (45.95) 20 (54.05) 1.47 (0.88—2.44)
  $50,000—$100,000 34 (10.03) 17 (50.00) 17 (50.00) 1.13 (0.76—1.68) 16 (94.12) 1 (5.88) 1.21 (1.00– 1.47) 7 (43.75) 9 (56.25) 1.53 (0.84—2.78)
  Greater than $100,000 25 (7.37) 12 (54.55) 10 (45.45) 1.24 (0.80—1.90) 11 (91.67) 1 (8.33) 1.18 (0.94 –1.48) 6 (54.55) 5 (45.45) 1.23 (0.57—2.66)