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Table 1 Demographics of participants

From: Attitudes among paediatric healthcare professionals in Sweden towards sperm donation to single women: a survey study

Characteristics

Registered nurse (n = 140)

Physician

(n = 49)

Psychologist

(n = 19)

Pa

Age (mean, SD)

49.8 (10.32)

48.5 (10.30)

46.8 (11.78)

NS

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

Sex b

< 0.001

 Female

139 (99.3)

32 (65.3)

18 (94.7)

 

 Male

0

17 (34.7)

1 (5.3)

 

Own experience of infertility

0.048

 Yes

59 (42.1)

27 (55.1)

13 (68.4)

 

 No

81 (57.9)

22 (44.9)

6 (31.6)

 

Wanting a conscience clause b, c

0.009

 Yes

23 (16.4)

15 (30.6)

0

 

 No

115 (82.1)

34 (69.4)

19 (100)

 
  1. a Between professional groups; b Percentages do not sum to total due to missing values; c Conscience clause = where persons are entitled to refuse to take actions contrary to personal convictions;