Table 1 Demographic composition of interviewed participants
Number of patients interviewed | 31 | |
Continue Storage | 10(32.3 %) | |
Donate to Research | 16(51.6 %) | |
Discard | 5(16.1 %) | |
Age, years (range) | 38.8 (31 ~ 45) | |
Continue Storage | 38.7 (31 ~ 44) | |
Donate to Research | 38.8 (31 ~ 43) | |
Discard | 41.2 (38 ~ 45) | |
Number of stored embryos | ||
1-5 | 23 | |
6-10 | 5 | |
11 or greater | 3 | |
Pregnancy and Delivery | ||
IVF Pregnancy | 28 | |
Natural Pregnancy Only | 2 | |
No Pregnancy | 1 | |
IVF Child | 25 | |
Naturally Conceived Child post IVF | 5 | |
No Child | 3 | |
Education | ||
High School graduate | 4(12.9 %) | |
Community College graduate | 12(41.9 %) | |
University graduate | 13(41.9 %) | |
Graduate School graduate | 1(3.2 %) | |
Employment | ||
Employed | 13(41.9 %) | |
Unemployed | 18(58.1 %) | |
Reason for infertility (some chose multiple reasons) | ||
Ovarian factor | 4 | |
Tubal factor | 5 | |
Uterine factor | 3 | |
Endometriosis | 4 | |
Male factor | 8 | |
Unexplained | 11 | |
Religion | ||
Buddhist | 10(32.3 %) | |
Tenri-Kyo (monotheistic religion) | 1(3.2 %) | |
No Affiliation | 20(64.5 %) | |