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. 2020 Nov 7;180(4):1219–1228. doi: 10.1007/s00431-020-03864-5

Table 2.

Number (n) and percentage (%) of categories of reproductive outcomes of POPS-35 females and males

Group Characteristic POPS-35 CBS p value
Females N total 209 100,818
Relationship, n (%)
No committed relationship 44 (21%)
Relationship, no cohabitation 12 (6%)
Relationship, with cohabitation 66 (32%)
Married 87 (42%) 49,978 (50%) 0.02
Number of own children~, m (sd) 1.08 (1.1) 1.48 < 0.001
N total ever tried to conceive 141
Sub-/infertility (tried > 1 year), n (%) 36 (26%)
N total ever pregnant 131
Ever miscarriage (< 16 weeks), n (%) 34 (26%)
Ever stillbirth (> 16 weeks), n (%) 0 (0%)
N total ≥ 1 child 118 (56%) 74,276 (74%) < 0.001
Age at first child, m (sd) 29.5 (3.3) 29.9 0.22
Males N total 161 101,988
Relationship, n (%)
No committed relationship 49 (30%)
Relationship, no cohabitation 7 (4%)
Relationship, with cohabitation 39 (24%)
Married 66 (41%) 42,260 (41%) 0.91
Number of own children~, m (sd) 0.74 (1.2) 1.04 0.002
N total ever tried to conceive 80
Sub-/infertility (tried > 1 year), n (%) 13 (16%)
N total partner ever pregnant 69
Partner ever miscarriage (< 16 weeks), n (%) 18 (26%)
Partner ever stillbirth (> 16 weeks), n (%) 3* (4%)
N total ≥ 1 child 65 (40%) 57,484 (56%) < 0.001
Age at first child, m (sd) 30.7 (3.3) 32.7 < 0.001

*The partner of one male had experienced both miscarriage and stillbirth

~Zero if no children