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Table 1 General information of patients undergoing IVF-ET for the first time

From: Correlations among hope, fertility quality of life and negative emotions for couples undergoing their first in vitro fertilization–embryo transfer: a cross-sectional analysis

Features

Number of participants (n)

Percentage (%)

Sex

 Male

620

43.5

 Female

805

56.5

Age (years)

 < 30

277

19.4

 30–35

730

51.2

 36–40

307

21.5

 > 40

111

7.8

Education level

 Junior high school and below

339

23.8

 Technical secondary school

119

8.4

 Senior high school

126

8.8

 Junior college

330

23.2

 Undergraduate

419

29.4

 Master’s degree or higher

92

6.5

Religious beliefs

 Yes

32

2.2

 No

1393

97.8

Place of residence

 City

918

64.4

 Township

232

16.3

 Countryside

275

19.3

Only child

 Yes

419

29.4

 No

1006

70.6

Previous treatment history

 Yes

365

25.6

 No

1060

74.4

Marital status

 First marriage

1200

84.2

 Remarriage

225

15.8

Infertility diagnosis

 Primary infertility

785

55.1

 Secondary infertility

640

44.9

Duration of infertility

 < 1 year

227

15.9

 1–3 years

710

49.8

 3–5 years

236

16.5

 > 5 years

252

17.7

Occupation

 Worker

213

14.9

 Farmer

89

6.2

 Self-employed

192

13.5

 Executive

59

4.1

 Utility

189

13.3

 Other

683

47.9

Monthly personal income

 < 3000 yuan

351

24.6

 3000–6000 yuan

590

41.4

 6000–10000 yuan

320

22.5

 > 10,000 yuan

164

11.5