Table 1 Characteristics of the study population.

From: Acceptance and willingness-to-pay for oocyte cryopreservation in medical versus age-related fertility preservation scenarios among Swedish female university students

Variables

Levels

Overall (N 270)a

OC scenario group

Medical (N 130)a

Age-related (N 140)a

p-valueb

Socio-demographic factors

 Age

19–24

123 (46%)

60 (46%)

63 (45%)

0.87

25–29

85 (31%)

39 (30%)

46 (33%)

 

30–35

62 (23%)

31 (24%)

31 (22%)

 

 Born in Sweden

No

26 (9.6%)

14 (11%)

12 (8.6%)

0.54

Yes

244 (90%)

116 (89%)

128 (91%)

 

 Living in a major region

No

109 (40%)

49 (38%)

60 (43%)

0.39

Yes

161 (60%)

81 (62%)

80 (57%)

 

 Study field

Humanistic/Social

104 (40%)

46 (38%)

58 (43%)

0.73

Medical

94 (36%)

48 (39%)

46 (34%)

 

Scientific

26 (10%)

11 (9.0%)

15 (11%)

 

Technical

34 (13%)

17 (14%)

17 (12%)

 

Missing

12

8

4

 

 Employed

No

91 (35%)

47 (38%)

44 (32%)

0.35

Yes

171 (65%)

78 (62%)

93 (68%)

 

Missing

8

5

3

 

 Monthly income (SEK)

 < 10 K

85 (32%)

38 (30%)

47 (34%)

0.92

10-19 K

119 (45%)

57 (46%)

62 (45%)

 

20-29 K

25 (9.5%)

13 (10%)

12 (8.6%)

 

 ≥ 30 K

35 (13%)

17 (14%)

18 (13%)

 

Missing

6

5

1

 

 Stable partner

No

96 (36%)

46 (36%)

50 (36%)

 > 0.99

Yes

171 (64%)

82 (64%)

89 (64%)

 

Missing

3

2

1

 

Reproductive experiences

 Pregnancy

No

202 (75%)

93 (72%)

109 (78%)

0.27

Yes

67 (25%)

36 (28%)

31 (22%)

 

Missing

1

1

0

 

 Live birth

No

229 (87%)

110 (86%)

119 (88%)

0.71

Yes

35 (13%)

18 (14%)

17 (12%)

 

Missing

6

2

4

 

 Subfertility

No

242 (91%)

113 (88%)

129 (93%)

0.20

Yes

25 (9.4%)

15 (12%)

10 (7.2%)

 

Missing

3

2

1

 

 Indirect subfertility

No

87 (32%)

44 (34%)

43 (31%)

0.58

Yes

183 (68%)

86 (66%)

97 (69%)

 

OC related factors

 Perceived knowledge on OC

Lower

58 (22%)

34 (27%)

24 (18%)

0.075

Higher

207 (78%)

94 (73%)

113 (82%)

 

Missing

5

2

3

 

 Thoughts about OC

No

115 (43%)

55 (42%)

60 (43%)

0.93

Yes

155 (57%)

75 (58%)

80 (57%)

 

 Open for oocyte donation

No

129 (48%)

61 (48%)

68 (49%)

0.88

Yes

139 (52%)

67 (52%)

72 (51%)

 

Missing

2

2

0

 

 Open for adoption

No

74 (28%)

34 (27%)

40 (29%)

0.63

Yes

189 (72%)

93 (73%)

96 (71%)

 

Missing

7

3

4

 
  1. OC, oocyte cryopreservation.
  2. aN (%).
  3. bPearson’s Chi-squared test or Fisher’s exact test (with expected cell frequencies < 5).
  4. Missing observations (n) are in italics.
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