Table 4.
Oocyte donors' (n = 165) and sperm donors' (n = 89) satisfaction with the donation
| Oocyte donors | Sperm donors | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | pValue | |
| I am happy to help couples unable to have children by other means | |||||
| Agree | 162 | 99.4 | 88 | 97.8 | 0.366 |
| Neutral | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1.1 | |
| Disagree | 1 | 0.6 | 1 | 1.1 | |
| I feel as though I have made a contribution to my fellow human beings | |||||
| Agree | 160 | 97.6 | 82 | 92.1 | 0.109 |
| Neutral | 3 | 1.8 | 4 | 4,5 | |
| Disagree | 1 | 0.6 | 3 | 3.4 | |
| My life is more content | |||||
| Agree | 79 | 48.2 | 49 | 55.7 | 0.473 |
| Neutral | 69 | 42.1 | 33 | 37.5 | |
| Disagree | 16 | 9.8 | 6 | 6.8 | |
| I feel that I gave something away without receiving anything back | |||||
| Agree | 12 | 7.5 | 6 | 6.7 | 0.105 |
| Neutral | 14 | 8.8 | 16 | 18.0 | |
| Disagree | 133 | 83.6 | 67 | 75.3 | |
| This is the highlight (a major event) in my life | |||||
| Agree | 60 | 37.0 | 25 | 27.8 | 0.021 |
| Neutral | 64 | 39.5 | 29 | 32.2 | |
| Disagree | 38 | 23.5 | 36 | 40.0 | |
| I think I will brood about it for the rest of my life | |||||
| Agree | 5 | 3.1 | 4 | 4.6 | 0.835 |
| Neutral | 13 | 8.1 | 7 | 8.0 | |
| Disagree | 143 | 88.8 | 76 | 87.4 | |