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. 2012 Feb 14;27(4):1058–1065. doi: 10.1093/humrep/des007

Table I.

Study demographics.

# %
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.