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Table 1 Sociodemographic and reproductive history of respondents sorted by reproductive health application usage status

From: The association between reproductive health smartphone applications and fertility knowledge of Australian women

 

All respondents (n = 673)

App-users (n = 290)

Non-app users (n = 383)

Χ2(P-value)a

Age category

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

 18–24

285 (42.4)

130 (44.9)

155 (40.5)

24.540 (< 0.0001c)

 25–30

161 (23.9)

71 (24.5)

90 (23.5)

 31–36

118 (17.5)

59 (20.3)

59 (15.4)

 37–42

46 (6.8)

20 (6.9)

26 (6.8)

 43+

63 (9.4)

10 (3.5)

53 (13.9)

Location by ARIA category

 City

522 (77.6)

209 (72.1)

313 (81.7)

8.769 (0.0125c)

 Inner regional

138 (20.5

74 (25.5)

64 (16.7)

 Outer

13 (1.9)

7 (2.4)

6 (1.6)

Education attained

  < Year 12 (or equivalent)

25 (3.7)

10 (3.5)

15 (3.9)

5.261 (0.2615)

 Year 12 (or equivalent)

157 (23.3)

80 (27.6)

77 (20.1)

 Technical diploma

109 (16.2)

43 (12.9)

66 (17.2)

 Bachelor’s degree

256 (38)

106 (36.5)

150 (39.2)

 Postgraduate

126 (18.7)

51 (17.6)

75 (19.6)

Annual household income

  < $20,000

78 (11.6)

34 (11.7)

44 (11.5)

11.511 (0.0738)

 $20,000 - $34,999: low incomeb

74 (11)

32 (11)

42 (10.9)

 $35,000 - $49,999: mid incomeb

67 (10)

25 (8.6)

42 (10.9)

 $50,000 - $74,999

109 (16.2)

41 (14.1)

68 (17.8)

 $75,000 - $99,000

98 (14.6)

53 (18.3)

45 (11.8)

 $100,000 - $149,999: high incomeb

141 (21)

68 (23.5)

73 (19)

 $150,000 +

106 (15.8)

37 (12.8)

69 (18)

Relationship status

 Married/de facto

358 (53.1)

158 (54.5)

200 (52.2)

1.7 (0.6368)

 In a relationship, living apart

133 (19.8)

55 (19)

78 (20.4)

 Not in a relationship

170 (25.3)

70 (24.1)

100 (26.1)

 Other/not disclosed

12 (1.8)

7 (2.4)

5 (1.3)

Have a close friend/relative who has experienced fertility issues

 Yes

381 (56.6)

156 (53.8)

225 (58.8)

1.647 (0.1993)

 No

292 (43.4)

134 (46.2)

158 (41.3)

Currently trying to conceive

 Yes

30 (4.4)

24 (8.3)

6 (1.6)

18.052 (0.0001c)

 No

639 (95)

264 (91)

375 (97.9)

 Not disclosed

4 (0.6)

2 (0.7)

2 (0.5)

Have conceived before

 Yes

227 (33.7)

114 (39.3)

113 (29.5)

7.073 (0.0078c)

 No

446 (66.3)

176 (60.7)

270 (70.5)

Have given birth

 Yes

178 (26.5)

87 (30)

91 (23.7)

3.287 (0.0698)

 No

495 (73.5)

203 (70)

292 (76.3)

  1. aIndicates that statistical data derived from comparison between app users and non-app users
  2. bReference to Australian Bureau of Statistics definitions of household wealth [40]
  3. cIndicates statistical significance