TABLE 1.

Characteristics of study participants (N = 254 couples).

Variable	Female	Male	Couple
Socio-demographic characteristics
Age [M ± SD (range)]	33.71 ± 3.66 (22–42)	35.60 ± 3.79 (24–48)
Educational level [N (%)]
Upper secondary school	51 (20.1%)	42 (16.5%)
College	203 (79.9%)	212 (83.5%)
Employment status [N (%)]
Unemployed	63 (24.8%)	17 (6.7%)
Employed	191 (75.2%)	237 (93.3%)
Infertility-related parameters
Duration of infertility [M ± SD (range)]			3.27 ± 2.64 (1–19)
Type of diagnosis [N (%)]
Male factor			73 (28.7%)
Female factor			81 (31.9%)
Combined factor			61 (24.0%)
Unexplained			39 (15.4%)
Previous treatments [N (%)]
No			107 (42.1%)
Yes			147 (57.9%)