Table 1.
Characteristics of participants (n=1042).
| Characteristic | Frequency N (%) |
| Age at conception | |
| <25 years | 163 (15.7) |
| 25–29 | 234 (22.6) |
| 30–34 | 275 (26.5) |
| 35–39 | 328 (31.6) |
| 40+ | 37 (3.6) |
| Education completed | |
| <High school | 30 (2.9) |
| High school | 260 (25.0) |
| Post secondary | 633 (60.8) |
| Post graduate | 118 (11.3) |
| Annual family income (Canadian) | |
| <$32,100 | 91 (9.1) |
| $32,100–$51,300 | 140 (14.0) |
| $51,301–$72,000 | 194 (19.4) |
| $72,001–$101,300 | 280 (28.0) |
| >$101,300 | 295 (29.5) |
| Marital status | |
| Married/common law | 972 (93.3) |
| Single | 70 (6.7) |
| Maternal ethnicity | |
| Not Caucasian | 174 (16.7) |
| Caucasian | 867 (83.3) |
| Planning pregnancy | |
| Yes | 835 (80.3) |
| No | 205 (19.7) |
| First pregnancy | |
| Yes | 886 (85.1) |
| No | 155 (14.9) |
| Previous miscarriage | |
| Yes | 92 (8.8) |
| No | 950 (91.2) |
| Previous abortion | |
| Yes | 68 (6.5) |
| No | 976 (93.5) |
| Used assisted reproductive technology | |
| Fertility medications | 71 (6.8) |
| Medications and in vitro fertilization and/or ICSI | 56 (5.4) |
| None | 915 (87.8) |
| Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale | |
| Mean (SD) | 23.6 (4.24) |
| Smoke | |
| Yes | 229 (22.0) |
| No | 813 (78.0) |
ICSI, intracytoplasmic sperm injection.
Note: Frequencies may vary due to missing cases.