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Table 2 Summary of data on readiness for twins as reported by husbands and wives before embarking on fertility treatment.

From: Pre-treatment preferences and characteristics among patients seeking in vitro fertilisation

 

Twins would be a very undesirable outcome

I would be a little worried about having twins

It is irrelevant & I don't care about twins

I'm only mildly interested in twins

I would be very excited - twins would be highly desirable

TOTAL

Wife

2

(1.0)

29

(14.6)

28

(13.6)

21

(11.2)

121

(59.7)

206

Husband

4

(2.0)

23

(11.4)

44

(21.9)

17

(8.5)

113

(56.2)

201

  1. Notes: Not all patients answered every question. Cohen's Kappa for agreement, κ = 0.61 (95% CI 0.53 to 0.70) [1000 bootstrap simulations; BCa CI], showed good agreement between husband vs. wives on readiness for twins (77% agreement; κ = 0.61; 95% CI 0.53 to 0.70).