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Table 1 Characteristics of the Sample According to country of Employment

From: Assisted Reproduction: What factors interfere in the professional's decisions? Are single women an issue?

Variables

According to Country of Employment

P

 

Brazil

Germany

Italy

Greece

 

Sex-n (%)

     

Male

77 (67.0)

38 (76.0)

30 (75.0)

15 (78,9)

0.491***

Female

38 (33.0)

12 (24.0)

10 (25.0)

4 (21.1)

 

Age* - mean ± sd

43.0b ± 9.3

45.0ab ± 7.4

47.5a ± 9.8

42.4ab ± 7.8

0.036****

Children-n (%)

     

Yes

86 (74.8)

40 (80.0)

31 (77.5)

13 (68.4)

0.759***

No

29 (25.2)

10 (20.0)

9 (22.5)

6 (31.6)

 

Living with partner-n (%)

     

Yes

92 (80.0)

43 (86.0)

37 (92.5)

15 (78.9)

0.274***

No

23 (20.0)

7 (14.0)

3 (7.5)

4 (21.1)

 

Profession-n (%)

     

Medicine

93 (86.9)

39 (84.8)

34 (85.0)

12 (66.7)

0.708***

Nursing

1 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Psychology

2 (1.)

1 (2.2)

1 (2.5)

1 (5.6)

 

Biology

11 (10.3)

6 (13.0)

5 (12.5)

5 (27.8)

 

Time working in the field** median (P 25-P 75)

10.0b (5.0-15.0)

13.0ab (7.8-19.0)

15.0a (10.0-20.0)

10.0b (5.0-14.0)

0.001*****

Public Center-n (%)

35 (30.4)

27 (54.0)

24 (60.0)

7 (36.8)

0.002***

Private Center-n (%)

98 (85.2)

26 (52.0)

27 (67.5)

13 (68.4)

<0.001***

  1. * Equal characteristics do not differ on the Tukey test
  2. ** Equal characteristics do not differ on the Dunn test
  3. *** Value obtained using the Chi-square test
  4. **** Value obtained by the analysis of variance
  5. ***** Value obtained by the Kruskal-Wallis test