Table 3 Priority alignment and differences within couples: N = 59 couples
From: Priorities for family building among patients and partners seeking treatment for infertility
Differencesa | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Identical rankings | Woman ranked factor higher than man | Man ranked factor higher than woman | p-valueb | |
Become a parent one way or another | 6 (10.2%) | 31 (52.5%) | 22 (37.3%) | 0.015 |
Carry the pregnancy and give birth | 11 (18.6%) | 27 (45.8%) | 21 (35.6%) | 0.312 |
Child has [woman’s] genes | 6 (10.2%) | 20 (33.9%) | 33 (55.9%) | 0.025 |
Child has [man’s] genes | 11 (18.6%) | 13 (22.0%) | 35 (59.3%) | <0.001 |
Have a child in the next year or two | 2 (3.4%) | 42 (71.2%) | 15 (25.4%) | <0.001 |
Cost | 4 (6.8%) | 31 (52.5%) | 24 (40.7%) | 0.322 |
Not obvious to others we had trouble | 19 (32.2%) | 14 (23.7%) | 26 (44.1%) | 0.111 |
Parent my child from birth | 5 (8.5%) | 29 (49.2%) | 25 (42.4%) | 0.283 |
Maintain close relationship with partner | 17 (28.8%) | 14 (23.7%) | 28 (47.5%) | 0.034 |
Avoid side effects from treatments | 7 (11.9%) | 14 (23.7%) | 38 (64.4%) | <0.001 |