Table 4.
Demographic Characteristics of the Study Population, Stratified by Definitions of Infertility Related to Months of Unprotected Intercourse and Attempting Pregnancy, Furthering Understanding of Cancer, Health, and Survivorship in Adult Women Study, 2012–2015
| Characteristic | 6 Months of Unprotected Intercourse (n = 432) | 6 Months of Attempting Pregnancy (n = 259) | 12 Months of Unprotected Intercourse (n = 358) | 12 Months of Attempting Pregnancy (n = 200) | 24 Months of Unprotected Intercourse (n = 238) | 24 Months of Attempting Pregnancy (n = 114) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | %a | No. | %a | No. | %a | No. | %a | No. | %a | No. | %a | |
| Age at interview, years | ||||||||||||
| 22–29 | 27 | 45.0 | 6 | 10.0 | 23 | 38.3 | 5 | 8.3 | 17 | 28.3 | 4 | 6.7 |
| 30–39 | 230 | 42.1 | 140 | 25.6 | 182 | 33.3 | 100 | 18.3 | 118 | 21.6 | 52 | 9.5 |
| 40–45 | 175 | 42.9 | 113 | 27.7 | 153 | 37.5 | 95 | 23.3 | 103 | 25.2 | 58 | 14.2 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||
| White | 287 | 42.3 | 195 | 28.7 | 229 | 33.7 | 148 | 21.8 | 145 | 21.4 | 83 | 12.2 |
| Black | 126 | 43.9 | 49 | 17.1 | 115 | 40.1 | 41 | 14.3 | 81 | 28.2 | 23 | 8.0 |
| Other | 16 | 38.1 | 12 | 28.6 | 11 | 26.2 | 8 | 19.0 | 9 | 21.4 | 6 | 14.3 |
| Missing | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Education | ||||||||||||
| Up to high school graduation | 27 | 60.0 | 13 | 28.9 | 23 | 51.1 | 11 | 24.4 | 18 | 40.0 | 7 | 15.6 |
| Some college | 121 | 49.2 | 60 | 24.4 | 109 | 44.3 | 49 | 19.9 | 76 | 30.9 | 31 | 12.6 |
| College | 150 | 40.4 | 95 | 25.6 | 122 | 32.9 | 75 | 20.2 | 76 | 20.5 | 43 | 11.6 |
| Graduate school or beyond | 134 | 38.1 | 91 | 25.9 | 104 | 29.5 | 65 | 18.5 | 68 | 19.3 | 33 | 9.4 |
| Annual income, $ | ||||||||||||
| <50,000 | 126 | 47.0 | 53 | 19.8 | 107 | 39.9 | 42 | 15.7 | 80 | 29.9 | 29 | 10.8 |
| 50,000–100,000 | 171 | 44.1 | 105 | 27.1 | 138 | 35.6 | 77 | 19.8 | 88 | 22.7 | 41 | 10.6 |
| >100,000 | 126 | 36.8 | 96 | 28.1 | 105 | 30.7 | 77 | 22.5 | 64 | 18.7 | 41 | 12.0 |
| Missing | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | ||||||
| Residence | ||||||||||||
| Nonmetro | 56 | 52.8 | 36 | 34.0 | 47 | 44.3 | 28 | 26.4 | 37 | 34.9 | 21 | 19.8 |
| Small metro | 72 | 43.9 | 41 | 25.0 | 61 | 37.2 | 32 | 19.5 | 43 | 26.2 | 20 | 12.2 |
| Large fringe metro | 266 | 43.1 | 156 | 25.3 | 222 | 36.0 | 121 | 19.6 | 140 | 22.7 | 65 | 10.5 |
| Large central metro | 38 | 29.9 | 26 | 20.5 | 28 | 22.0 | 19 | 15.0 | 18 | 14.2 | 8 | 6.3 |
a Percentages calculated as the proportion of women in each sociodemographic subgroup that met each particular definition. Denominators shown in Table 3.