Table 1. Family Sociodemographic and Fertility Treatment Characteristics by Family Type.
Egg donation (N = 85) |
IVF (N = 65) |
Independent samples t test |
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M | SD | M | SD | t | p | d | |
Mother’s age (years) | 42.45 | 4.27 | 36.95 | 4.20 | 7.87 | < .001 | 1.30 |
Father’s age (years) | 43.26 | 6.23 | 40.35 | 6.02 | 2.87 | .01 | 0.47 |
Child’s age (months) | 11.34 | 2.15 | 9.68 | 1.97 | 4.88 | < .001 | 0.80 |
Relationship (years) | 12.06 | 5.25 | 11.89 | 4.70 | 0.21 | .83 | 0.03 |
Chi-square |
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N (%) | N (%) | χ2 | df | p | |||
Sex of child | |||||||
Female | 40 (47) | 27 (42) | 0.45 | 1 | .50 | ||
Male | 45 (53) | 38 (58) | |||||
Multiple rate | |||||||
Singleton | 73 (86) | 56 (86) | 0.01 | 1 | .94 | ||
Twin pair | 12 (14) | 9 (14) | |||||
No. of siblings | |||||||
0 | 60 (71) | 21 (32) | 21.73 | 1 | < .001 | ||
1 or more | 25 (29) | 44 (68) | |||||
Mother’s education | |||||||
School education | 20 (27) | 20 (32) | 0.43 | 1 | .51 | ||
Higher education | 55 (73) | 43 (68) | |||||
Father’s education | |||||||
School education | 27 (36) | 21 (33) | 0.15 | 1 | .70 | ||
Higher education | 47 (64) | 42 (67) | |||||
Mann–Whitney U test |
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M | SD | M | SD | U | p | d | |
Fertility treatment | |||||||
Decision to have child (years) | 6.41 | 2.97 | 4.15 | 2.64 | 1,433.00 | < .001 | 0.90 |
No. IVF cycles to conceive child | 3.32 | 2.22 | 1.78 | 1.15 | 1,558.00 | < .001 | 0.80 |
Note. IVF = in vitro fertilization.