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3.1. GENDERDIFFERENCESINFA(BASELINE)
•718 participants (470 women and 248 men)
•Mage for women: 30 (SD=4.9); Mage for men: 33 (SD=6.3)
•70% had a bachelor or master degree.
•Involved in a romantic relationship M: 6.8 years (SD=4.7), 78.4% were living together. •92.6% desired to have children; 2% unsure; 2% not to desire to have children.
•47% was trying to conceive, 71% of these were trying for more than 12 months.
•28.1% of the total sample had fertility difficulties: 15.5% had a known infertility diagnosis; • 28.3% of the total sample was already engaged in fertility treatments.
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PORTO UNIVERSITY Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences
3.1. GENDERDIFFERENCESINFA(BASELINE)
Pedro, Costa & Martins, 2018
Variable Correct answer Men (n=248) Women (n=464) P value
Women age-related fertility decline
Slight decrease 25‐29 33.35 32.33 .003
Marked decrease 35‐39 38.77 37.57 .001
Chances of spontaneous pregnancy within one year
If the woman is 25-30 years old 70‐79% 81.67 81.27 .793
If the woman is 35-40 years old 50‐59% 61.87 60.38 .348
Chances of pregnancy with fertility treatment
If the woman is 35 years old 20‐31% 58.09 54.05 .015
If the woman is 40 years old 14‐24% 43.94 39.20 .002
If the woman is 45 years old 4‐14% 31.46 26.86 .003
Infertility risk factors (range 0-24) ‐ 13.52 13.71 .576
•Women made more accurate estimations for slight and marked decreases of fertility and chances of pregnancy with fertility treatment compared to men;
•Both men and women presented low levels of FA
Pedro, Costa & Martins, 2018
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