Table 1:
summary of the results of studies assessing attitudes of infertile women towards surrogacy
| Author | Country | Sample size | Age Range/Mean | Duration of marriage years | Questionnaire | Attitude N (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Items | Reliability | Agree | Disagree | |||||
| Baykal B (2008) | Turkey | 368 | 30.23 | 7.23 | - | - | 54(14.67) | 303(82.33) |
| Saito Y & Matsuo H (2009) | Japan | 103 | 25–43 | 5.4 | - | - | 18(17.47) | 78(75.72) |
| Ahmari TH. et al. (2012) | Iran | 300 | 22–43 | NM | 16 | 0.92 | 167(61.3) | 133(38.7) |
| Kazemifard Y. et al. (2013) | Iran | 200 | 21–69 | 13.48 | 17 | 0.72 | 103(51.6) | 57(28.4) |
| Kian ME. et al. (2014) | Iran | 150 | 17–45 | 3.4 | 17 | 0.89 | 80(53.3) | 70(46.6) |
| Darghahi G. et al. (2014) | Iran | 238 | 26.9 | 5.3 | 22 | 0.89 | 137(57.8) | 101(42.2) |