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Table 1 Surveyed Population Characteristics

From: Knowledge and attitudes regarding elective oocyte cryopreservation in undergraduate and medical students

 

Total (n = 169)

Undergraduates (n = 74)

Medical students (n = 95)

p value

Mean Age (SD)

24.0 (4.0)

21.6 (3.5)

26.8 (2.3)

< 0.00001

Race (%)

   

0.00027

 White

55

46

62

 

 Hispanic/Latino

5

11

1

 

 African American

14

19

12

 

 Asian

17

11

22

 

 Other

7

12

3

 

Religion (%)

   

0.011

 Christian

37

39

36

 

 Catholic

13

15

13

 

 Non-religious

34

38

32

 

 Muslim

2

1

4

 

 Hindu/buddhist/other

11

3

18

 

Have children (%)

   

0.74

 Yes

4

4

5

 

 No

96

95

95

 

Plan to have children (%)

   

0.0001

 Yes

65

53

80

 

 No

20

27

8

 

 Unknown

15

20

12

 

Age plan to have first child (%)

   

0.022

 21–25

4

5

0

 

 26–30

30

41

21

 

 31–35

28

24

33

 

 35–40

2

0

4

 

 40+

1

0

1

 

 Unknown

33

27

39

 

Feel pressure from family to have child (%)

  

0.46

 Yes

26

28

24

 

 No

73

69

75