Table 2.
Opinion about the preferred form of payment to gamete donors, according to the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants, stratified by donors and recipients
| Donors | Recipients | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preferred form of payment to gamete donors* | Fixed reward | Compensation | Reimbursement | p | Fixed reward | Compensation | Reimbursement | p |
| n = 6 | n = 29 | n = 34 | n = 39 | n = 58 | n = 70 | |||
| Age, median (P25-P75) | 31.5 (28.5–37.0) | 27.0 (24.0–29.5) | 25.0 (23.0–29.0) | 0.016 | 36.0 (33.0–39.0) | 36.0 (33.0–38.3) | 36.0 (34.0–39.0) | 0.805 |
| n (%) | n (%) | |||||||
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | 4 (66.7) | 18 (62.1) | 23 (67.6) | 0.929‡ | 25 (64.1) | 33 (56.9) | 45 (64.3) | 0.649 |
| Male | 2 (33.3) | 11 (37.9) | 11 (32.4) | 14 (35.9) | 25 (43.1) | 25 (35.7) | ||
| Educational level | ||||||||
| ≤ Secondary education (12th grade) | 4 (66.7) | 13 (44.8) | 14 (41.2) | 0.515‡ | 27 (73.0)† | 31 (54.4)† | 36 (52.9)† | 0.116 |
| > Secondary education (12th grade) | 2 (33.3) | 16 (55.2) | 20 (58.8) | 10 (27.0)† | 26 (45.6)† | 32 (47.1)† | ||
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Married/living with a partner | 1 (16.7) | 4 (13.8) | 7 (20.6) | 0.801‡ | 31 (79.5) | 55 (94.8) | 65 (92.9) | 0.043‡ |
| Single/divorced | 5 (83.3) | 25 (86.2) | 27 (79.4) | 8 (20.5) | 3 (5.2) | 5 (7.1) | ||
| Working status | ||||||||
| Employed | 6 (100.0) | 14 (48.3) | 18 (54.5) | 0.061‡ | 30 (81.1)† | 57 (98.3) | 64 (91.4) | 0.012‡ |
| Student/unemployed | 0 | 15 (51.7) | 15 (45.5) | 7 (18.9)† | 1 (1.7) | 6 (8.6) | ||
| Perceived income adequacy | ||||||||
| Insufficient/caution with expenses§ | 1 (16.7) | 13 (44.8) | 7 (20.6) | 0.131‡ | 14 (37.8)**,† | 15 (25.9)** | 19 (27.1) | 0.560 |
| Enough to make ends meet | 2 (33.3) | 12 (41.4) | 18 (52.9) | 18 (48.6)**,† | 36 (62.1)** | 38 (54.3) | ||
| Comfortable | 3 (50.0) | 4 (13.8) | 9 (26.5) | 5 (13.5)**,† | 7 (12.1)** | 13 (18.6) | ||
| Subjective social class | ||||||||
| Low/middle-low | 5 (83.3) | 18 (66.7)† | 22 (75.9)† | 0.643‡ | 24 (75.0)† | 32 (71.1)† | 37 (69.8)† | 0.855 |
| Middle-high/high | 1 (16.7) | 9 (33.3)† | 7 (24.1)† | 8 (25.0)† | 13 (28.9)† | 16 (30.2)† | ||
*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); and reimbursement—a variable amount of money according to the donor’s actual expenses or losses resulting from the donation
**Proportions do not add to 100% due to rounding
†Due to missing values, the totals do not add up to 29 (compensation) and 34 (reimbursement) among donors, and to 39 (fixed reward), 58 (compensation) and 70 (reimbursement) among recipients (there are 7 missing cases among donors; and missings range from 2 to 37 among recipients)
‡Fisher’s exact test
§This category refers to the lowest perceived income adequacy