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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

From: Are women and men well informed about fertility? Childbearing intentions, fertility knowledge and information-gathering sources in Portugal

 

Women (n = 1596; 66.4%)

Men (n = 808; 33.6%)

p

Age (mean ± SD)

32.9 ± 7.9

32.3 ± 8.0

.796

Years of education

 Basic school (9 years)

305 (20.1%)

141 (18.5%)

.407

 Secondary (12 years)

673 (44.5%)

361 (47.3%)

 University

536 (35.4%)

262 (34.3%)

Work status

 Student

260 (16.3%)

138 (17.1%)

.001

 Employed

1087 (68.2%)

587 (72.9%)

 Not employed

247 (15.5%)

80 (9.9%)

Income per month

 No income

407 (25.8%)

183 (22.8%)

< .001

  < 750€

555 (35.1%)

140 (17.5%)

 750–1500€

463 (29.3%)

367 (45.8%)

  > 1501€

83 (5.2%)

57 (7.1%)

 Not provided

71 (6.7%)

54 (4.5%)

Currently involved in a relationship

1020 (63.9%)

537 (66.5%)

.216