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Table 3 Importance of children and presumed behaviour in case of infertilitya

From: Fertility awareness and attitudes towards parenthood among Danish university college students

 

Men

Women

P

n

median

SD

n

median

SD

 

Importance of children

77

8.2

3.1

428

9.7

2.3

<0.001

 Missing

2

  

10

   

Undergo IVF

74

6.4

3.4

427

8.9

2.7

<0.001

 Missing

5

  

11

   

Adoption

74

5.6

2.0

423

5.3

3.1

0.2

 Missing

5

  

15

   

Abstain from having children

73

2.0

2.7

421

0.4

2.5

0.003

 Missing

6

  

17

   
  1. aResponses given on a visual analogue scale. For question on importance: 0 cm = unimportant and 10 cm = extremely important, and for behavioural questions: 0 cm = entirely unlikely and 10 m = highly likely