Table 2 The couples’ assessment of their relationship at acceptance for assisted reproduction
Heterosexual | Lesbian | Heterosexual vs.Lesbian* | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mother | Father | All | Mother | Co-mother | All | Mother | Co-mother/father | all | |
mean/SD | mean/SD | Mean/SD | mean/SD | mean/SD | Mean/SD | p-value | p-value | p-value | |
Personality | 43.8/4.5 | 41.9/4.8 | 42.9/4.7 | 44.7/4.4 | 45.1/3.7 | 44.9/4.0 | 0.169 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Sexual | 43.0/3.3 | 42.8/3.6 | 42.9/3.4 | 44.0/2.9 | 44.2/2.9 | 44.1/2.9 | 0.004 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Children | 43.6/3.7 | 43.9/3.4 | 43.8/3.6 | 44.7/2.6 | 44.5/2.7 | 44.6/2.6 | 0.029 | 0.004 | <0.001 |
Family | 44.1/4.1 | 43.0/5.0 | 43.5/4.5 | 45.1/3.9 | 45.6/3.8 | 45.4/3.9 | 0.158 | 0.121 | 0.038 |
Egalitarian | 40.5/3.5 | 41.6/3.4 | 41.0/3.5 | 42.7/3.0 | 43.1/2.4 | 42.9/2.7 | 0.078 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
Conception | 39.4/3.5 | 39.2/3.5 | 39.3/3.5 | 40.0/2.8 | 40.8/2.9 | 40.4/2.8 | 0.085 | 0.031 | 0.006 |
Communication | 43.1/5.5 | 42.6/5.1 | 42.9/5.3 | 45.6/4.7 | 45.9/4.6 | 45.7/4.6 | 0.142 | 0.327 | 0.085 |
Conflict | 40.5/5.7 | 39.3/5.9 | 39.9/5.8 | 42.7/5.3 | 42.4/5.01 | 42.5/5.2 | 0.155 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
Financial | 43.0/4.1 | 42.7/4.2 | 42.8/4.12 | 43.9/4.4 | 43.7/4.7 | 43.8/4.6 | <0.001 | 0.010 | <0.001 |
Leisure | 40.6/4.6 | 38.3/5.8 | 39.4/5.4 | 41.9/5.1 | 42.0/4.7 | 42.0/4.9 | 0.136 | 0.003 | 0.002 |
Total | 421.6/30.4 | 415.3/32.0 | 418.5/31.2 | 435.3/28.3 | 437.3/25.8 | 436.3/27.0 | 0.009 | <0.001 | <0.001 |