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Table 1 Descriptive data: socio-demographic and psychosocial characteristics of study population

From: Anxiety and depression among infertile women: a cross-sectional survey from Hungary

 

Primary infertile (N = 134)

Fertile (N = 91)

Statistical test

p

Age (Mean, SD)

33.30 ± 4.85

35.74 ± 5.73

t = −3.44

p = .001

Age at first child birth (Mean, SD)

 

28.08 ± 5.03

  

Educational level [N (%)]

  ≤ 8 years

9 (6.72)

6 (6.60)

χ2 = 0.225

p = .849

 9–13 years

40 (29.85)

24 (26.37)

  ≥ 14 years

82 (61.19)

57 (62.64)

Family income [N (%)]

  < 150.000 HUFa

72 (53.72)

72 (79.12)

χ2 = 16.181

p < .001

  > 151.000 HUF

62 (46.26)

18 (19.78)

Residence [N (%)]

 Village

24 (17.91)

15 (16.48)

χ2 = 10.529

p = .005

 City

67 (50.00)

28 (30.77)

 Capital

43 (32.09)

48 (52.75)

Duration of infertility (Mean, SD)

3.61 ± 3.08

   

Numbers of ART (Mean, SD)

1.69 ± 2.64

   

No participated in ART [N (%)]

31 (23.13)

   

Depressionb (Mean, SD)

14.94 ± 12.90

8.95 ± 10.49

t = 3.68

<.001

Anxietyc (Mean, SD)

48.76 ± 10.96

41.18 ± 11.26

t = 5.04

<.001

  1. a150,000 HUF is approximately 500 EUR and is just about the average net income in Hungary
  2. bBDI
  3. cSTAI-T