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Table 1 Socio-Demographics of infertility amongst respondents

From: Pharmacotherapy of infertility in Ghana: retrospective study at the cape coast teaching hospital

DEMOGRAPHICS OF INFERTILITY AMONGSTS RESPONDENTS

Type of infertility

 

Primary (N = 271)

Secondary (N = 370)

Sub fertility (N = 184)

Infertility Class (%)

 

33

44.8

22.3

Mean Age (years)

 

25.89 ± 4.1

29.58 ± 4.6a

30.44 ± 3.23a

Duration of Infertility (years)

 

3.36 ± 1.70

5.70 ± 2.11ab

6.41 ± 2.65 ab

Occupation (%)

Employed(n = 564)

31.2

45.9

22.3

Unemployed(n = 213)

39.9

40.4

19.7

Education (%)

Primary/no-education (n = 267)

29.6

44.9

25.5

Secondary (n = 276)

31.7

34.3

34.2

Tertiary (n = 247)

35.4

30.8

25.0

Religion (%)

Christian (n = 603)

32.7

43.1

24.2

Muslim (n = 109)

34

45.8

19.2

Others (n = 22)

54.5

26

0.09

  1. Results presented as percentages. Age and duration of infertility present as Mean Mean ± SD. Statistical analysis of Age and duration of infertility is by One-way analysis of variance followed by Bonferoni test Post Hoc Test. (a) means significantly different from the Primary infertility, (b) means significantly different from secondary infertility. P < 0.001