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. 2018 Mar 18;12(2):114–118. doi: 10.22074/ijfs.2018.5178

Table 3.

Attitudes towards disclosure or secrecy of oocyte donation


Statement Women Mean ± SD Men Mean ± SD P value Medicine Mean ± SD Law Mean ± SD P value

The donor and the recipient should be anonymous to each other 3.93 ± 1.20 3.86 ± 1.17 0.580 3.82 ± 1.19 4.05 ± 1.16 0.097
Donor’s characteristics (such as age, ethnicity, and religion) can be given to the recipient 4.19 ± 1.02 4.04 ± 1.01 0.165 4.11 ± 1.05 4.17 ± 0.98 0.620
Recipient‘s characteristics (such as age, ethnicity, and religion) can be given to the donor 3.96 ± 1.16 3.88 ± 1.06 0.532 3.89 ± 1.11 4.00 ± 1.11 0.383
The child should be aware of his/her own genetic origin after 18 years 2.67 ± 1.30 2.57 ± 1.28 0.487 2.67 ± 1.24 2.55 ± 1.38 0.421
The child can meet the genetic or biologic mother after 18 years 2.10 ± 1.15 2.18 ± 1.51 0.527 2.15 ± 1.09 2.11 ± 1.25 0.802