title: Public support in the United States for elective oocyte cryopreservation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether public support for oocyte cryopreservation (OC) exists and if support varies by demographic factors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional electronic survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
  
  
  METHODS
  A nationally representative sample based on age, sex, and race of 1,064 people in the United States recruited by the company SurveyMonkey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Completion of an online questionnaire.
  
  
  METHODS
  Supporters of OC for various indications were compared with participants who were neutral or in opposition by means of log binomial regression to calculate risk ratios. Statistical models were adjusted for demographic characteristics, including sex, race, age, income, sexual orientation, education, marital status, state political party affiliation, and history of being a parent.
  
  
  RESULTS
  OC for cancer patients was the indication most supported (89%), followed by delayed childbearing for career advancement (72%), current lack of a partner (63%), and insufficient funds for child rearing (58%). Despite considerable support for OC, only 37% agreed employers should fund egg freezing for employees. Older age was associated with lower support for all indications of OC. Younger age, single status, never being a parent, identifying as a sexual minority, and atheist/agnostic religion were associated with the survey taker personally considering OC. Compared with women, men demonstrated lower support for women undergoing OC for "lack of a male partner," and for future use of cryopreserved oocytes without being married.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In a nationally representative sample, the majority of respondents support elective OC. The indication for OC was associated with significant differences in support.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: eilewis@partners.org.
authors.forename: Erin I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Stacey A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Missmer
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Leslie V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Farland
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Elizabeth S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Ginsburg
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000191:economics; D005260:Female; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee; D017048:Health Care Costs; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009865:Oocytes; D011639:Public Opinion; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000191:economics; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Oocyte cryopreservation; egg freezing; fertility preservation; social oocyte cryopreservation