Table I.
# | % | |
---|---|---|
Total families | 61 | 100 |
Couples | 46 | 75 |
Individual women whose partners did not participate | 9 | 15 |
Single women | 6 | 10 |
Total number of study participants | 107 | 100 |
Women | 65 | 61 |
Men | 42 | 39 |
Age | ||
Median age of women at the birth of their first child | 42 (40–46) | |
Median age of men at the birth of their first child via IVF | 43 (35–67) | |
Marital status | ||
Heterosexual marriages/partnerships | 51 | 83 |
Same sex female marriages | 4 | 7 |
Single women | 6 | 10 |
Men who had previous families | 7 | 17 |
Children | ||
Median number of children per family | 1 (1–3) | |
Median age of first child | 3.5 (>1–10) | |
Number of families with one child after IVF | 40 | 66 |
Number of families with two children after IVF | 18 | 29 |
Number of families with three children after IVF | 3 | 5 |
Conception methods | ||
IVF | 46 | 75 |
IVF with donor sperm | 9 | 15 |
IVF with donor eggs | 6 | 10 |
Median months trying to conceive prior to IVF | 6 (0–60) | |
Average total cycles of IVF | 2 (1–6) | |
Ethnicitya,b | ||
Caucasian | 96 | 83 |
African American | 2 | 2 |
Pacific Islander | 1 | 1 |
Asian | 6 | 5 |
More than one race | 1 | 1 |
Middle Eastern | 5 | 4 |
Other | 2 | 2 |
No ethnicity reported | 3 | 3 |
Household incomeb | ||
$0–$99 999 | 5 | 9 |
$100 000–$149 999 | 11 | 18 |
$150 000–$199 999 | 17 | 28 |
$200 000–$249 999 | 8 | 13 |
More than $250 000 | 19 | 31 |
Not reported | 1 | 2 |
Employmenta,b | ||
Women employed full-time | 34 | 52 |
Women employed part-time | 15 | 23 |
Women without paid work | 16 | 25 |
Men employed full-time | 41 | 80 |
Men employed part-time | 8 | 16 |
Men without paid work | 2 | 4 |
Educationa,b | ||
High school | 1 | 1 |
Some college | 12 | 10 |
College | 47 | 39 |
Post graduate | 56 | 46 |
No education reported | 6 | 5 |
aSome individual participants reported on behalf of spouses.
bSome participants did not report in some categories.