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Table 3 The couples’ assessment of their relationship about three years after termination of assisted reproduction

From: Relationship satisfaction in lesbian and heterosexual couples before and after assisted reproduction: a longitudinal follow-up study

 

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

42.1/5.8

42.0/8.5

42.1/7.2

42.6/5.8

43.6/4.2

43.1/5.1

0.593

0.011

0.035

Sexual

41.6/9.3

41.8/9.9

41.7/9.6

42.1/5.8

43.2/5.4

42.6/5.6

0.412

0.026

0.034

Children

38.4/6.3

37.4/6.4

37.9/6.4

39.1/6.4

40.1/5.3

39.6/5.9

0.557

0.014

0.029

Family

42.6/4.9

42.4/7.0

42.5/6.0

42.4/4.9

42.8/4.3

42.6/4.6

0.744

0.708

0.977

Egalitarian

38.7/5.7

36.6/6.8

37.7/6.3

37.6/6.0

38.7/6.0

38.2/6.0

0.374

0.121

0.576

Conception

42.1/5.8

41.6/6.2

41.9/6.0

42.9/5.2

43.6/5.4

43.2/5.3

0.635

0.072

0.084

Communication

40.6/5.3

40.4/5.3

40.5/5.3

41.5/4.4

41.7/4.7

41.6/4.5

0.478

0.223

0.150

Conflict

42.2/4.4

42.3/6.4

42.3/5.5

43.8/4.6

43.7/5.0

43.8/4.8

0.037

0.038

0.003

Financial

38.4/4.6

40.1/3.9

39.2/4.3

40.1/4.8

41.1/4.0

40.6/4.4

0.041

0.100

0.007

Leisure

38.1/4.3

37.6/4.5

37.8/4.4

38.5/4.3

39.4/4.8

39.0/4.5

0.421

0.017

0.022

Total

404.9/42.0

402.2/46.2

403.6/44.0

410.6/41.3

417.9/37.5

414.3/39.4

0.480

0.035

0.041

  1. *Mann–Whitney U-test.