Table 1.
Characterization of the participants, stratified by donors and recipients
| Total N = 242 | Donors n = 70 | Recipients n = 172 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, median (P25-P75) | 35.0 (29.0–38.0) | 26.0 (23.8–30.0) | 36.0 (34.0–39.0) |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 150 (62.0) | 45 (64.3) | 105 (61.0) |
| Male | 92 (38.0) | 25 (35.7) | 67 (39.0) |
| Educational level | |||
| ≤ Secondary education (12th grade) | 128 (52.9) | 31 (44.3) | 97 (58.1)† |
| > Secondary education (12th grade) | 109 (47.1) | 39 (55.7) | 70 (41.9)† |
| Marital status | |||
| Married/living with a partner | 167 69.0) | 12 (17.1) | 155 (90.1) |
| Single/divorced | 75 (31.0) | 58 (82.9) | 17 (9.9) |
| Working status | |||
| Employed | 194 (81.2) | 38 (55.1)† | 156 (91.8)† |
| Student/unemployed | 45 (18.8) | 31 (44.9)† | 14 (8.2)† |
| Perceived income adequacy | |||
| Insufficient/caution with expenses‡ | 71 (29.6) | 21 (30.0) | 50 (29.4)† |
| Enough to make ends meet | 127 (52.9) | 32 (45.7) | 95 (55.9)† |
| Comfortable | 42 (17.5) | 17 (24.3) | 25 (14.7)† |
| Subjective social class | |||
| Low/middle-low | 141 (71.6) | 45 (72.6)† | 96 (71.1)† |
| Middle-high/high | 56 (28.4) | 17 (27.4)† | 39 (28.9)† |
| Preferred form of payment to gamete donors§ | |||
| Fixed reward | 45 (18.6)* | 6 (8.6) | 39 (22.7) |
| Compensation | 87 (36.0)* | 29 (41.4) | 58 (33.7) |
| Reimbursement | 104 (43.0)* | 34 (48.6) | 70 (40.7) |
| Purchase | 6 (2.5)* | 1 (1.4) | 5 (2.9) |
*Proportions do not add to 100% due to rounding
†The total does not add up to 70 donors and 172 recipients due to missing values (missings range from 1 to 8 among donors; and from 2 to 37 among recipients)
‡This category refers to the lowest perceived income adequacy
§The categories presented refer to: fixed reward—a fixed amount of money that is the same for all oocyte and sperm donors; compensation—a variable amount of money according to the type of gametes donated (oocytes/sperm); reimbursement—a variable amount of money according to the donor’s actual expenses or losses resulting from the donation; and purchase—a variable amount of money according to the characteristics of the donor