Table II.
Sample characteristics.
| Surrogates | Expectant mothers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | F | P | |
| Age (years) | 27.6 | 2.51 | 26.6 | 3.46 | 3.35 | 0.07 |
| Month of pregnancy | 6.2 | 1.18 | 8.3 | 1.14 | 86.46 | 0.00 |
| Monthly income (INR.) | 8042 | 4005 | 7593 | 2718 | 0.49 | 0.48 |
| n(%) | n(%) | χ2 | P | |||
| Number of children | 21.73 | 0.00 | ||||
| 1 | 18 (36) | 55 (80) | ||||
| 2 or more | 32 (64) | 14 (20) | ||||
| Religion | 1.01 | 0.31 | ||||
| Hindu | 24 (48) | 43 (62) | ||||
| Muslim | 23 (46) | 27 (38) | ||||
| Other | 3 (6) | 0 (0) | ||||
| Educational status | 13.72 | 0.00 | ||||
| No schooling | 23 (44) | 10 (15) | ||||
| First−seventh grade | 10 (20) | 18 (26) | ||||
| 7th−12th grade | 17 (34) | 41 (59) | ||||
| Marital status | 23.92 | 0.00 | ||||
| Husband | 33 (66) | 68 (99) | ||||
| No husband | 17 (34) | 1 (1) | ||||
Note: For ‘religion’, codes were collapsed to ‘Hindu and Muslim’ for Chi square analyses.