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. 2017 Jun 14;187(2):337–346. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwx240

Table 3.

Demographic Characteristics of the Study Population, Stratified by Definitions of Infertility Related to Visiting a Doctor and Clinical Diagnoses, Furthering Understanding of Cancer, Health, and Survivorship in Adult Women Study, 2012–2015

Characteristic Total Population (n = 1,014)a Visited a Doctor (n = 168) Doctor Diagnosis of Infertilityb (n = 98) Doctor Diagnosis of Female Infertilityb (n = 63)
No. %c No. %c No. %c No. %c
Age at interview, years
 22–29 60 5.9 2 3.3 1 1.7 0 0.0
 30–39 546 53.9 89 16.3 50 9.2 31 5.7
 40–45 408 40.2 77 18.9 47 11.5 32 7.8
Race/ethnicity
 White 679 67.4 134 19.7 81 11.9 53 7.8
 Black 287 28.5 24 8.4 13 4.5 8 2.8
 Other 42 4.2 9 21.4 4 9.5 2 4.8
 Missing 6 1 0 0
Education
 Up to high school graduation 45 4.4 5 11.1 3 6.7 3 6.7
 Some college 246 24.3 32 13.0 21 8.5 15 6.1
 College 371 36.6 60 16.2 32 8.6 22 5.9
 Graduate school or beyond 352 34.7 71 20.2 42 11.9 23 6.5
Annual income, $
 <50,000 268 26.9 22 8.2 14 5.2 10 3.7
 50,000–100,000 388 38.9 62 16.0 38 9.8 26 6.7
 >100,000 342 34.3 80 23.4 45 13.2 26 7.6
 Missing 16 4 0 0
Residence
 Nonmetro 106 10.5 15 14.2 10 9.4 10 9.4
 Small metro 164 16.2 24 14.6 16 9.8 8 4.9
 Large fringe metro 617 60.9 110 17.8 62 10.0 40 6.5
 Large central metro 127 12.5 19 15.0 10 7.9 5 3.9

a Included women without a history of cancer, who had reported sexual intercourse with a male partner and were not missing information on amount of time having unprotected intercourse for at least 6 months.

b Measured only among women who visited a doctor for help getting pregnant.

c Percentage calculated as the proportion of women in each sociodemographic subgroup that met each particular definition.