TY - JOUR
T1 - Characteristics of infertile women in the United States and their use of infertility services
AU - Hirsch, M. B.
AU - Mosher, W. D.
N1 - Funding Information:
Received July 7, 1986; revised and accepted December 9, 1986. *The 1982 National Survey of Family Growth was funded jointly by the National Center for Health Statistics, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the Office of Population Affairs, all of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. These agencies also participated jointly in the design of the survey. tReprint requests: Marilyn B. Hirsch, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 4606 Hygiene, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21205. :fStatistician, Family Growth Survey Branch, National Center for Health Statistics.
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - National estimates of demographic characteristics are shown for (1) infertile women compared with those who were fecund, (2) women with primary versus secondary infertility, and (3) infertile women who had, and had not, sought infertility services. Overall, 30% of infertile women had primary infertility, and 70% had secondary infertility. Women with primary infertility were twice as likely to seek services as women with secondary infertility. Many demographic characteristics of women with secondary infertility who sought services differed from those of women who had not sought services. There were fewer differences among women with primary infertility. These findings have implications for the generalizability of results from clinic-based studies and suggest that more research is needed on the barriers to service among infertile couples.
AB - National estimates of demographic characteristics are shown for (1) infertile women compared with those who were fecund, (2) women with primary versus secondary infertility, and (3) infertile women who had, and had not, sought infertility services. Overall, 30% of infertile women had primary infertility, and 70% had secondary infertility. Women with primary infertility were twice as likely to seek services as women with secondary infertility. Many demographic characteristics of women with secondary infertility who sought services differed from those of women who had not sought services. There were fewer differences among women with primary infertility. These findings have implications for the generalizability of results from clinic-based studies and suggest that more research is needed on the barriers to service among infertile couples.
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U2 - 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)59112-2
DO - 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)59112-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 3569545
AN - SCOPUS:0023181406
SN - 0015-0282
VL - 47
SP - 618
EP - 625
JO - Fertility and sterility
JF - Fertility and sterility
IS - 4
ER -