Table 1.
Means, SDs and F values for comparisons between the demographic characteristics of the disclosing, nondisclosing and natural conception families
| Natural conception | Disclosing | Nondisclosing | F | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Mother's age (years) | 48.28 | 2.74 | 51.30 | 5.1 | 51.19 | 5.22 | 7.76 | <.001 |
| Child's age (months) | 169.17 | 4.24 | 167.52 | 6.21 | 167.64 | 5.10 | 1.61 | .204 |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | χ 2 | p | ||||
| Number of siblings | ||||||||
| 0 | 4 (7) | 27 (48) | 9 (29) | 11.62 | <.001 | |||
| 1 | 41 (76) | 23 (41) | 18 (58) | |||||
| 2+ | 9 (17) | 6 (11) | 4 (13) | |||||
| Child's gender | ||||||||
| Male | 25 (46) | 26 (46) | 19 (61) | 2.16 | .345 | |||
| Female | 29 (54) | 30 (54) | 12 (39) | |||||
| Mother's education | ||||||||
| No university degree | 18 (35) | 39 (74) | 14 (54) | 16.06 | <.001 | |||
| University degree | 34 (65) | 14 (26) | 12 (46) | |||||
| Mother's ethnicity | ||||||||
| White | 47 (90) | 50 (94) | 24 (92) | 0.58 | .752 | |||
| Not White | 3 (19) | 3 (6) | 2 (8) | |||||
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Married/cohabitating | 48 (89) | 44 (80) | 24 (80) | 1.89 | .394 | |||
| Separated/divorced | 6 (11) | 11 (20) | 6 (20) | |||||