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Table 1 Sociodemographic and medical characteristics in Jordan, Germany and Hungary

From: Cross-cultural comparison of fertility specific quality of life in German, Hungarian and Jordanian couples attending a fertility center

 

Women

 

Men

 
 

Jordan

Germany

Hungary

 

Jordan

Germany

Hungary

 
 

(N = 126)

(N = 123)

(N = 126)

 

(N = 126)

(N = 123)

(N = 126)

 
 

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

F

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

F

Age

30.7 (6.1)

34.4 (4.6)a

32.4 (4.9)

15.3*

36.5 (8.19

37.9 (6.2)

34.5 (5.09a

8.4*

Duration of relationship

5.8 (4.3)a

8.4 (5.0)a

7.3 (3.7)a

23.2*

  

Duration of child wish

4.2 (3.6)a

2.8 (2.1)

2.7 (1.9)

24.1*

 

Duration of treatment

3.0 (3.3)a

0.6 (0.9)

0.7 (1.5)

99.3*

 
 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

χ2

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

χ2

Educational level

   

52.0*

   

51.5*

 Low

19 (15)

60 (49)a

22 (17)

 

17 (14)a

65 (53)a

47 (37)a

 

 Medium

24 (19)

18 (15)b

40 (32)

 

33 (36)

19 (15)b

39 (31)

 

 High

83 (66)a

45 (36)

64 (51)

 

76 (60)a

39 (32)

40 (32)

 

Medical diagnosis

   

50.9*

  

 None/unexplained

60 (24)

66 (25)

110 (44)a

  

 Female only factor

76 (30)

76 (31)

80 (32)

  

 Male only factor

60 (24)

64 (27)

52 (21)

  

 Mixed factor

56 (22)

42 (17)

10 (4)a

  

Child with the partner

   

48.9*

 

 Yes

58 (23)a

14 (6)

14 (6)

  
  1. Low educational level: primary and low secondary education, Medium educational level: high secondary education, High educational level: university
  2. M mean, SD standard deviation, N number
  3. * p < 0.001
  4. a values marked bold significantly differed from values of both other countries at least at level p < 0.05
  5. b values marked bold significantly differed from values of Hungary at least at level p < 0.05