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Table 1 Distribution of study participants according to their socio-demographic characteristics, Women Hospital-Hamad Medical Corporation, 2018

From: Risk profile of Qatari women treated for infertility in a tertiary hospital: a case-control study

Sociodemographic

Cases

Cases

Controls

p value

Primary Infertility

n = 43 (%)

Secondary Infertility

n = 93 (%)

Infertility Total

n = 136 (%)

n = 272(%)

Age group:

0.002*

 16–25 year

12 (27.9)

12 (12.9)

24 (17.7)

59 (21.7)

 26–35 year

23 (53.5)

43 (46.2)

66 (48.5)

164(60.3)

  > 35 year

8 (18.6)

38 (40.9)

46 (33.8)

49 (18.0)

Mean + SD

29.4 + 6.7

33.9 + 6.0

32.5 + 6.6

30.2 + 5.5

Educational level:

0.028*

 Illiterate

1 (2.3)

5 (5.4)

6 (4.4)

2 (0.7)

 Primary

6 (14.0)

4 (4.3)

10 (7.4)

13 (4.8)

 Preparatory

1 (2.3)

11 (11.8)

12 (8.8)

13 (4.8)

 Secondary

17 (39.5)

40 (43.0)

57 (41.9)

131(48.2)

 University / higher

18 (41.9)

33 (35.5)

51 (37.5)

113(41.5)

Average household monthly income:

  < 12.000 QR

5 (11.6)

6 (6.5)

11 (8.1)

5 (1.8)

0.001*

 12.000- < 25.000 QR

13 (30.2)

33 (35.5)

46 (33.8)

52 (19.1)

  > 25.000 QR

25 (58.1)

54 (58.1)

79 (58.1)

215(79.0)

Age at first marriage:

0.024*

  < 20 years

6(14.0)

26(28.0)

32(23.5)

86(31.6)

 20 - < 25

18(41.9)

37(39.8)

55(40.4)

113(41.5)

 25 - < 30

10(23.3)

23(24.7)

33(24.3)

59(21.7)

 30 - < 35

4(9.3)

5(5.4)

9(6.6)

12(4.4)

  > 35

5(11.6)

2(2.2)

7(5.1)

2(0.7)

Mean + SD

25.8 + 6.8

22.7 + 4.6

23.7 + 5.6

22.1 + 4.4

Husband’s absence:

0.001*

Never been absent

33 (76.7)

60 (64.5)

93 (68.4)

232 (85.3)

 Yes, occasionally

4 (9.3)

17 (18.3)

21 (15.4)

19 (7.0)

 Yes, frequently/seasonally

4 (9.3)

12 (12.9)

16 (11.8)

16 (5.9)

 Yes, most of the time

2 (4.7)

4 (4.3)

6 (4.4)

5 (1.8)

Yes, “collectively”

10(23.3)

33 (35.5)

43 (31.6)

40 (14.7)

  1. * p < 0.05
  2. SD Standard Deviation, QR Qatari Riyals