Table 3.

Importance of children and presumed behaviour in case of infertility^a

	Men			Women			P
	n	median	SD	n	median	SD
Importance of children	77	8.2	3.1	428	9.7	2.3	<0.001
Missing	2			10
Undergo IVF	74	6.4	3.4	427	8.9	2.7	<0.001
Missing	5			11
Adoption	74	5.6	2.0	423	5.3	3.1	0.2
Missing	5			15
Abstain from having children	73	2.0	2.7	421	0.4	2.5	0.003
Missing	6			17

^aResponses given on a visual analogue scale. For question on importance: 0 cm = unimportant and 10 cm = extremely important, and for behavioural questions: 0 cm = entirely unlikely and 10 m = highly likely