Table 1.
Sample characteristics.
| Characteristic | UK |
United States |
Asia |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gay couple (n = 12) | Heterosexual couple (n = 26) | Gay couple (n = 23) | Heterosexual couple (n = 35) | Gay couple (n = 5) | Heterosexual couple (n = 15) | |
| Age of participant (y) | 42.2 (6.2) | 42.1 (6.4) | 43.5 (5.6) | 45.2 (6.8) | 44.4 (6.9) | 44.2 (6.2) |
| Age of child (y) | 1.4 (1.4) | 3.0 (2.4) | 2.0 (1.8) | 2.9 (2.8) | 2.2 (.44) | 2.3 (1.5) |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 12 (100) | 2 (7.7) | 23 (100) | 9 (25.6) | 5 (100) | 6 (40) |
| Female | 0 (0) | 24 (92.3) | 0 (0) | 26 (74.3) | 0 (0) | 9 (60) |
| Ethnicity of respondent | ||||||
| White | 11 (92) | 24 (92) | 21 (91) | 33 (94) | 3 (60) | 10 (67) |
| Black | 1 (8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Asian | 0 (0) | 2 (8) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 1 (20) | 4 (26) |
| Mixed | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Other | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 0 (0) | 1 (20) | 1 (7) |
| Total household income (£) | ||||||
| Less than 10,000 | 0 (0) | 1 (4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| 10,000–49,999 | 0 (0) | 3 (12) | 0 (0) | 2 (6) | 0 (0) | 2 (13) |
| 50,000–99,999 | 2 (17) | 5 (19) | 1 (4) | 4 (11) | 2 (40) | 2 (13) |
| 100,000–199,999 | 7 (58) | 9 (35) | 6 (26) | 11 (31) | 2 (40) | 6 (40) |
| 200,000–299,999 | 1 (8) | 5 (19) | 6 (26) | 3 (9) | 1 (20) | 2 (13) |
| 300,000 or more | 2 (17) | 1 (4) | 9 (39) | 14 (40) | 0 (0) | 1 (7) |
| Not provided | 0 (0) | 2 (8) | 1 (4) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 2 (13) |
| Type of surrogacy | ||||||
| Gestational–donor egg | 9 (75) | 6 (23) | 23 (100) | 27 (77) | 5 (100) | 10 (67) |
| Gestational–intended mother's egg | – | 17 (65) | – | 8 (23) | – | 5 (33) |
| Traditional | 3 (25) | 3 (12) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Note: Values are mean (SD) or number (percentage).