Research Article
The Desire for Multiple Pregnancy among Patients with Infertility and Their Partners
Table 1
Demographic data and baseline characteristics of respondents.
| | | Female
() | Male
() | value |
| | Age (years), mean (SD) | 31.7 (4.4) | 33.5 (5.5) | 0.004 |
| | Duration of infertility (months), mean (SD) | 51.0 (34.8) | 42.5 (26.4) | 0.29 |
| | Total income (RM), mean (SD) | 3574.7 (1479.1) | 3532.7 (1401.7) | 0.82 |
| | Level of education, (%) | | | | | Primary school | 2 (1.4%) | 4 (3.7%) | | | Secondary school | 76 (52.1%) | 57 (53.3%) | | | Diploma/degree | 63 (43.2%) | 43 (40.2%) | | | Postgraduate | 5 (3.4%) | 3 (2.8%) | |
| | History of previous children, (%) | 10 (9.3%) | 21 (14.4%) | |
| | Previous treatment received, (%) | 76 (52.1%) | 36 (33.6%) | |
| | Desired number of babies with next fertility treatment, (%) | | | | | Singleton | 88 (60.3%) | 62 (57.9%) | 0.71 | | Multiple pregnancies | 58 (39.7%) | 45 (42.1%) | |
| | Decision changed following information regarding multiple pregnancies, (%) | 14 (24.1%) | 17 (37.8%) | 0.13 |
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