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Table 2 Comparison Between the Studied variables and the decision to perform or not the procedure in case 1 (a single woman with no intention of having a male partner in the future)

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

Variables

Perform the procedure in case 1?

P

 

Yes

No

 

Sex-n (%)

   

Male

61 (38.9)

96 (61.1)

0.004*

Female

38 (61.3)

24 (38.7)

 

Age - mean ± sd

42.2 ± 8.6

45.7 ± 9.2

0.005**

Country of Employment - n (%)

   

Brazil

66 (59.5)

45 (40.5)

< 0.001*

Germany

14 (28.6)

35 (71.4)

 

Italy

8 (20.5)

31 (79.5)

 

Greece

10 (52.6)

9 (47.4)

 

Children-n (%)

   

Yes

75 (45.5)

90 (54.5)

1.000*

No

24 (44.4)

30 (55.6)

 

Living with Partner -n (%)

   

Yes

80 (43.5)

104 (56.5)

0.321*

No

19 (54.3)

16 (45.7)

 

Profession-n (%)

   

Medicine

73 (42.0)

101 (58.0)

0.228*

Nursing

2 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Psychology

2 (40.0)

3 (60.0)

 

Biology

14 (56.0)

11 (44.0)

 

Graduate Studies - Level -n (%)

   

Specialization

39 (44.3)

49 (55.7)

0.040*

Master's Degree

18 (69.2)

8 (30.8)

 

PhD

19 (42.2)

26 (57.8)

 

Post-Doc

12 (33.3)

24 (66.7)

 

Time working in the field - median (P25-P75)

10.0 (5.0 - 15.0)

13.0 (7.0 - 20.0)

0.010***

Public Center - n (%)

27 (29.7)

64 (70.3)

< 0.001*

Private Center - n (%)

82 (51.6)

77 (48.4)

0.003*

  1. * Value obtained by the Chi-square test
  2. ** Value obtained by the Student-t Test
  3. *** Value obtained by the Mann-Whitney Test
  4. **** Value obtained by the Fisher Exact Test