Table 1.

Descriptive statistics by categories of helpseeking.

	No help 1383 %	Considered 195 %	Talked to doc 153 %	Tests 159 %	Treatment 234 %	ART 59 %	p.	N for row 2183
Religiosity
Lowest quartile	21.7	28.2	28.8	33.3	19.2	32.2	*	516
Second quartile	31.4	26.7	24.8	23.9	28.6	23.7	n.s.	643
Third quartile	20.9	20.5	20.9	21.4	25.2	22.0	n.s.	467
Highest quartile	26.0	24.6	25.5	21.4	26.9	22.0	n.s.	557
Religious attendance
Lowest third	36.3	35.7	33.9	36.5	33.3	38.8	n.s.	782
Middle third	35.9	37.9	40.1	36.8	29.8	34.2	n.s.	780
Highest third	27.8	26.3	26.0	27.0	36.8	27.1	*	621
Primary infertility	17.7	40.5	39.2	58.5	65.1	76.3	***	674
Infertile with intent	28.0	72.2	72.4	85.5	94.4	96.7	***	1053
Wants a(nother) child	34.3	60.8	52.3	57.6	46.5	59.3	***	908
Age
25 to 29	20.3	27.3	18.3	11.4	11.1	5.1	***	409
30 to 35	25.7	26.8	28.1	35.4	24.8	23.7	n.s.	579
36 to 40	23.6	26.3	29.4	22.8	28.2	37.3	n.s.	547
41 to 45	30.3	19.6	24.2	30.4	35.9	33.9	**	647
Income
40K and greater	49.7	53.3	56.6	53.3	69.2	87.5	***	1176
Below 40K	50.3	46.7	43.4	36.7	30.8	12.5	***	991
Education	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Less than H.S.	18.6	18.5	15.1	12.6	11.2	3.4	**	365
High school	32.4	25.1	37.5	22.0	28.0	16.9	**	665
Some college	29.9	29.7	28.9	29.6	30.6	22.0	**	647
College degree or more	19.1	26.7	18.4	35.8	30.2	57.6	***	506
Private health insurance	54.0	56.9	67.1	70.4	72.8	86.4	***	1294
Race
White	52.7	47.1	60.8	60.4	65.6	79.7	***	1210
Black	23.2	22.1	16.3	16.4	7.2	5.1	***	435
Hispanic	19.5	22.6	22.9	13.8	14.9	5.1	*	409
Asian	4.9	8.2	0.0	9.4	12.3	10.2	***	134
Ethical concerns
Lowest	31.1	30.3	30.7	27.2	37.6	40.7	n.s.	691
Higher	38.8	41.5	42.5	39.9	46.6	44.1	n.s.	881
Highest	32.1	28.2	26.8	32.9	15.8	15.3	***	638
Motherhood important	47.1	52.8	46.1	58.5	62.4	78.0	***	1110

Chi square tests performed on all variables

^*=p<.05

^**=p<.01

^***=p<.001