title: Socio-economic characteristics of artificial insemination donor (AID) couples compared with matched population controls.
abstract: Socio-economic characteristics like education, occupation and religion may play a role when choosing or refraining from treatment by artificial insemination by donor (AID). From a cohort of 189 AID-patients, the socio-economic characteristics were established from the notes and a questionnaire that was sent to all patients to complete the available data. The response rate to the questionnaire was 83.6% (158 women). Data were compared with population controls that were matched for age and region. AID patients in this study had significantly lower educational and/or occupational levels than matched population controls and were significantly more religious.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Academic Hospital, University of Amsterdam (AZUA), The Netherlands.
authors.forename: H V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Hogerzeil
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Knijn
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Mol
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007315:Insemination, Artificial; D008297:Male; D016555:Matched-Pair Analysis; D009790:Occupations; D012067:Religion; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014019:Tissue Donors