Table IV.
Quality of relationship among couples in ‘perfect agreement’ or ‘deficient agreement’ on disclosure to offspring.a
| Total |
P-valueb | OD parents |
SD parents |
P-valueb | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women |
Men |
Women |
Men |
|||||||||
| Perfect agreement | Deficient agreement | Perfect | Deficient | Perfect | Deficient | Perfect | Deficient | Perfect | Deficient | |||
| n = 126, M (SD) | n = 58, M (SD) | n = 33, M (SD) | n = 13, M (SD) | n = 33, M (SD) | n = 13, M (SD) | n = 30, M (SD) | n = 16, M (SD) | n = 30, M (SD) | n = 16, M (SD) | |||
| Personality issues | 42.32 (6.11) | 40.34 (6.88) | NS | 42.42 (6.84) | 41.08 (7.66) | 41.82 (5.86) | 41.23 (7.69) | 43.93 (5.98) | 39.44 (6.61) | 41.13 (5.59) | 39.94 (6.31) | 0.024c |
| Communication | 41.60 (6.18) | 38.85 (7.46) | 0.017 | 41.13 (7.60) | 39.27 (6.72) | 40.67 (5.46) | 40.20 (7.24) | 42.51 (5.97) | 38.75 (7.67) | 42.24 (5.47) | 37.52 (8.39) | NS |
| Conflict resolution | 39.25 (5.43) | 36.16 (6.88) | 0.001 | 39.35 (5.44) | 36.86 (7.18) | 38.08 (6.35) | 36.31 (6.68) | 40.52 (5.49) | 36.69 (5.19) | 39.20 (4.06) | 34.87 (8.69) | 0.027c |
| Financial management | 42.53 (4.91) | 41.89 (5.47) | NS | 43.39 (4.83) | 42.25 (6.62) | 41.33 (4.99) | 40.69 (5.84) | 42.83 (5.52) | 41.88 (4.59) | 42.60 (4.20) | 42.63 (5.43) | NS |
| Leisure activities | 38.37 (6.42) | 37.28 (5.89) | NS | 38.61 (6.11) | 37.58 (5.52) | 36.88 (7.01) | 38.85 (3.83) | 40.53 (6.63) | 37.75 (6.08) | 37.60 (5.41) | 35.31 (7.22) | NS |
| Sexual relationship | 42.22 (6.25) | 41.10 (5.96) | NS | 42.70 (7.00) | 43.54 (4.37) | 40.70 (6.46) | 39.62 (6.08) | 43.21 (5.62) | 41.25 (5.30) | 42.43 (5.68) | 40.19 (7.35) | NS |
| Children and parenting | 40.98 (5.31) | 40.92 (4.71) | NS | 40.21 (5.72) | 41.23 (4.21) | 40.36 (5.14) | 42.92 (5.14) | 41.79 (9.34) | 40.06 (4.25) | 41.72 (4.92) | 39.88 (5.03) | NS |
| Family and friends | 44.00 (4.60) | 41.07 (6.45) | 0.003 | 44.16 (4.67) | 41.15 (8.44) | 43.48 (4.67) | 40.77 (7.35) | 44.72 (4.71) | 41.38 (5.25) | 43.70 (4.49) | 40.94 (5.51) | 0.034c |
| Egalitarian roles | 39.78 (4.59) | 38.53 (5.10) | NS | 39.61 (5.15) | 39.31 (3.25) | 39.00 (5.31) | 39.46 (4.88) | 39.83 (4.29) | 36.13 (5.16) | 40.77 (3.20) | 39.56 (6.01) | 0.013c |
| Conception of life | 38.71 (4.79) | 37.76 (4.90) | NS | 38.18 (5.92) | 37.54 (4.72) | 38.45 (4.37) | 38.15 (3.78) | 39.66 (4.64) | 37.44 (4.66) | 38.67 (4.05) | 37.94 (6.33) | NS |
| Total score | 410.06 (43.44) | 393.98 (45.56) | 0.025 | 410.28 (50.06) | 397.43 (47.25) | 400.78 (43.91) | 398.20 (49.18) | 420.38 (41.97) | 390.75 (40.66) | 410.06 (35.94) | 391.00 (50.08) | 0.027c |
aData presented only for couples who both answered the question about agreement, excluding four individuals who had separated from their partner since treatment.
bT-test.
cP-value from t-test comparing scores between sperm recipient women categorized as ‘perfect agreement’ and ‘deficient agreement’, respectively, on disclosure decision to offspring.