Table 5.
Sources of information about fertility, contraception and STIs in people who knew about age-related infertility
| Fertility (n, %) | Contraception (n, %) | STIs (n, %) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 3,334) | General group (n = 2,851) | Triers group (n = 483) | Total (n = 3,334) | General group (n = 2,851) | Triers group (n = 483) | Total (n = 3,334) | General group (n = 2,851) | Triers group (n = 483) | |
| Where first learned | |||||||||
| At school | 102 (3.1) | 89 (3.1) | 13 (2.7) | 1147 (34.4) | 967 (33.9) | 180 (37.3) | 1060 (31.8) | 889 (31.2) | 171 (35.4) |
| At medical institutions | 213 (6.4) | 152 (5.3) | 61 (12.6) | 25 (0.8) | 16 (0.6) | 9 (1.9) | 139 (4.2) | 110 (3.9) | 29 (6.0) |
| From family members | 30 (0.9) | 26 (0.9) | 4 (0.8) | 38 (1.1) | 30 (1.1) | 8 (1.7) | 20 (0.6) | 18 (0.6) | 2 (0.4) |
| From partners | 89 (2.7) | 61 (2.1) | 28 (5.8) | 84 (2.5) | 65 (2.4) | 19 (3.9) | 42 (1.3) | 35 (1.2) | 7 (1.5) |
| From friends | 72 (2.2) | 60 (2.1) | 12 (2.5) | 526 (15.8) | 457 (16.0) | 69 (14.3) | 216 (6.5) | 186 (6.5) | 30 (6.2) |
| Through mass media | 1828 (54.8) | 1587 (55.6) | 241 (50.0) | 560 (16.8) | 483 (16.9) | 77 (15.9) | 936 (28.1) | 812 (28.5) | 124 (25.7) |
| Via the Internet | 354 (10.6) | 278 (9.8) | 76 (15.7) | 72 (2.2) | 59 (2.1) | 13 (2.7) | 186 (5.6) | 156 (5.5) | 30 (6.2) |
| Don’t know | 646 (19.4) | 598 (21.0) | 48 (9.9) | 882 (26.5) | 774 (27.2) | 108 (22.4) | 735 (22.0) | 645 (22.6) | 90 (18.6) |
| When first learned | |||||||||
| <6 months before | 91 (2.7) | 84 (3.0) | 7 (1.5) | 10 (0.3) | 10 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 6 (0.2) | 6 (0.2) | 0 (0) |
| 6 months - 1 year before | 125 (3.7) | 105 (3.7) | 20 (4.1) | 7 (0.2) | 5 (0.2) | 2 (0.4) | 11 (0.3) | 9 (0.3) | 2 (0.4) |
| 1 - 3 years before | 421 (12.6) | 330 (11.6) | 91 (18.9) | 23 (0.7) | 17 (0.6) | 6 (1.2) | 32 (1.0) | 27 (1.0) | 5 (1.0) |
| 3 - 5 years before | 485 (14.5) | 368 (13.0) | 117 (24.2) | 58 (1.7) | 51 (1.8) | 7 (1.5) | 84 (2.5) | 69 (2.4) | 15 (3.1) |
| 5 - 10 years before | 628 (18.8) | 519 (18.2) | 109 (22.6) | 186 (5.6) | 163 (5.7) | 23 (4.8) | 268 (8.0) | 220 (7.7) | 48 (10.0) |
| ≥10 years before | 914 (27.4) | 831 (29.2) | 83 (17.2) | 2757 (82.7) | 2346 (82.3) | 411 (85.1) | 2547 (76.4) | 2179 (76.4) | 368 (76.2) |
| Don’t know | 670 (20.1) | 614 (21.5) | 56 (11.6) | 293 (8.8) | 259 (9.1) | 34 (7.0) | 386 (11.6) | 341 (12.0) | 45 (9.3) |