Relationships in couples treated with sperm donation - a national prospective follow-up study

Table 1 Demographic data for women and men participating in the study

		Sperm recipients (n = 208)				Traditional IVF (n = 238)				Women	Men
		Women		Men		Women		Men				Sperm	IVF
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	p-value*	p-value*	p-value*	p-value*
Age	≤30	34	32.7	21	20.2	41	34.5	29	34.4	0.781	0.456	0.041	0.088
	>30	70	67.3	83	79.8	78	65.5	90	75.6
Education	Elementary	2	1.9	7	6.8	4	3.4	10	8.5	0.792	0.653	0.005	0.040
	High school	39	37.9	56	54.4	46	38.7	57	48.3
	University	62	60.2	40	38.8	69	58.0	51	43.2
Biological children	No	92	88.5	99	95.2	107	89.2	109	90.8	0.867	0.206	0.076	0.884
	Yes	12	11.5	5	4.5	13	10.8	11	9.2
Adoptive children	No	104	100.0	103	99.0	120	100.0	120	100.0	-	0.464	-	-
	Yes			1	1.0			0	0.0
Step children	No	100	96.2	100	96.2	117	97.5	113	94.2	0.564	0.492	1.000	0.196
	Yes	4	3.8	4	3.8	3	2.5	7	5.8
Child after treatment**	No	22	31.8	-	-	48	53.9	-	-	0.006	-	-	-
	Yes	47	68.0	-	-	41	46.1	-	-

^*Pearson’s Chi-square test. If cell count is below 5 Fisher’s exact test was used.
^**Child after treatment is calculated according questionnaire at E3.

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