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. 2022 Mar 22;39(4):963–972. doi: 10.1007/s10815-022-02455-7

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of female cancer survivors with reported problems with pregnancy who have and have not used infertility services with univariate and multivariate analysis

No infertility service utilization Infertility service utilization Univariate P-value Multivariate P-value Multivariate OR (95% CI)
Female cancer survivors with reported problems with pregnancy, n 84 17
Overall population estimates, n 268,627 (190,646–346,608) 69,805 (58,728–80,882)
Age, years 33.1 (31.0–35.2) 38.0 (37.1–38.9) 0.065 0.795 0.98 (0.86–1.13)
Age at cancer diagnosis, years 25.5 (23.8–27.2) 28.5 (26.6–30.4) 0.376 0.609 0.98 (0.89–1.07)
Income, % of poverty level 218.9 (176.6–261.2) 431.3 (402.4–460.2) 0.001 1.07 (1.02–1.12)
Marriage, % 0.001 0.001
  Married 32.6 (21.2–46.6) 87.2 (79.1–92.4) Reference
  Divorced/separated 33.2 (17.4–54.0) 1.5 (0.2–11.9) 0.02 (0.002–0.21)
  Never married 34.1 (20.5–51.0) 11.3 (6.8–18.1) 0.07 (0.02–0.31)
Religion, % 0.255 0.279
  No religion 19.6 (12.9–28.6) 7.6 (2.0–25.0) Reference
  Catholic 23.0 (13.1–37.3) 6.3 (1.6–21.5) 1.81 (0.26–12.82)
  Protestant 56.3 (40.8–70.7) 84.5 (67.0–93.6) 7.36 (0.92–58.87)
  Other religions 1.1 (0.2–4.8) 1.6 (0.2–11.9) 0.65 (0.03–16.91)
Race, %  < 0.001 0.048
  Non-Hispanic White 70.5 (58.9–80.0) 71.9 (56.1–83.7) Reference
  Hispanic 19.4 (13.2–27.6) 3.5 (3.0–4.0) 0.13 (0.02–0.70)
  Non-Hispanic Black 7.6 (2.3–22.3) 21.7 (11.2–37.9) 3.09 (0.46–20.95)
  Non-Hispanic other 2.4 (0.7–7.7) 2.8 (0.3–19.7) 0.34 (0.05–2.45)
Education, %  < 0.001 0.611
  Less than high school 24.8 (15.7–36.7) 4.2 (3.7–4.8) Reference
  High school 18.2 (5.6–45.4) 6.3 (3.7–10.6) 0.51 (0.12–2.22)
  At least some college 57 (41.0–71.8) 89.5 (85.6–92.4) 0.48 (0.07–3.29)
Usual place for healthcare, % yes 96.2 (94.0–97.6) 95.5 (94.8–96.1) 0.83 0.086 0.24 (0.05–1.24)
Health status, % 0.1 0.339
  Excellent/very good 43.4 (27.5–60.7) 65.4 (55.8–73.8) Reference
  Good/fair/poor 56.6 (39.3–72.5) 34.6 (26.2–44.2) 0.57 (0.17–1.87)
Health insurance status, % 0.996
  Private 51.4 (36.1–66.4) 91.9 (81.8–96.6)
  Medicaid 23.6 (12.7–39.7) 5.5 (2.3–13.0)
  Medicare/government/military 0.9 (0.2–4.3) 2.6 (0.3–17.7)
  Uninsured 24.1 (10.2–46.9) 0