Patients' Attitudes towards the Surplus Frozen Embryos in China

Table 4

Attitudes toward destination of surplus embryos and correlates associated with the decision.

Discontinue storage of embryos  𝑛=228	Donation						Discarding
			𝑛	%			𝑛	%
			94	41.2			134	58.8
	To medical research only		To medical therapy only		To medical research and therapy
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
	0		27	28.7	67	71.3
Correlates associated with couples’ decision
			𝑛	%			𝑛	%
Education
Elementary school			0				0
High school			64	68.1			93	69.4
College and university			30	31.9			41	30.6
Participants’ view of the moral status of embryos
Cluster of cells			81	86.2			61	45.5
Life, potential child			13	13.6			73	55.5