Table 1. Demographic characteristics of couples by sex .
| Characteristics |
Men
(n=322) N (%) |
Women
(n=322) N (%) |
| Age | ||
| ≤ 30 | 72 (22.3) | 150 (46.6) |
| 30- 40 | 195 (60.6) | 152 (47.2) |
| ≥ 40 | 55 (17.1) | 20 (6.2) |
| Mean (SD)* | 34.5 (7.6) | 30.5 (6.8) |
| Education level | ||
| Secondary school | 105 (32.8) | 112 (34.8) |
| High school | 25 (7.8) | 26 (8.1) |
| Diploma | 112 (35) | 101 (31.4) |
| University | 78 (24.4) | 83 (25.7) |
| Sufficiency of family income | ||
| Completely | 61 (19) | 66 (20.5) |
| To some extent | 277 (70.7) | 218 (67.7) |
| Never | 33 (10.3) | 38 (11.8) |
| Living situation | ||
| My family | 31 (9.6) | 8 (2.5) |
| My spouse family | 8 (2.5) | 31 (9.6) |
| With spouse | 282 (87.9) | 282 (87.9) |
| Body Mass Index** | ||
| Low weight | 3 (0.9) | 6 (1.9) |
| Normal | 137 (42.8) | 143 (44.7) |
| Over weight | 141 (44.1) | 130 (40.6) |
| Obese | 39 (12.2) | 41 (12.8) |
| Job | ||
| Worker | 89 (27.6) | - |
| Shopkeeper | 35 (10.9) | - |
| Governmental job | 80 (24.8) | - |
| Self-employed | 118 (36.7) | - |
| Housekeeper | - | 266 (83.6) |
| Employment outside the home | - | 52 (16.4) |
| Reason for seeking infertility treatments | ||
| Personal desire | 276 (86.8) | 281 (87.3) |
| Insists of spouse | 18 (5.7) | 25 (7.8) |
| Insists of relatives | 24 (7.5) | 16 (5) |
*SD = standard deviation;** Body Mass Index (BMI) was divided into four categories by World Health Organization as following: Low weight (less than 18.5), Normal (18.5 to 24.99), Overweight (25 to 29.99), Obese (30 and above)