| Table 2. Volunteer views regarding embryo donation to other couples, research and use of embryo in case of death of one partner. The volunteers were classified according to scholarly degree and religion. | |||||||
| Question | Women* [n (%)] | p value | Men* [n (%)] | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Yes | No | ||||
| Donation to other couples |
Scholarly degree Graduate High School Middle School |
47 (47.0%) 22 (40.0%) 2 (50.0%) |
53 (53.0%) 33 (60.0%) 2 (50.0%) |
0.661 | 43 (47.8%) 17 (41.5%) 2 (50.0%) |
47 (52.2%) 24 (58.5%) 2 (50.0%) |
0.839 |
| Religion Catholic Evangelic Spiritism Other |
54 (42.8%) 13 (56.5%) 3 (42.9%) 1 (50.0%) |
72 (57.2%) 10 (43.5%) 4 (57.1%) 1 (50.0%) |
0.687 | 43 (42.1%) 14 (60.9%) 1 (25.0%) 3 (50.0%) |
59 (57.9%) 9 (39.1%) 3 (75.0%) 3 (50.0%) |
0.332 | |
| Donation to research |
Scholarly degree Graduate High School Middle School |
25 (21.1%) 3 (5.3%) 0 (0.0%) |
93 (78.9%) 56 (94.6%) 5 (100.0%) |
0.010 | 15 (13.7%) 6 (18.2%) 1 (20.0%) |
94 (86.3%) 27 (81.8%) 4 (80.0%) |
0.741 |
| Religion Catholic Evangelic Spiritism Other |
24 (16.6%) 3 (12.0%) 1 (11.1%) 0 (0.0%) |
120 (83.4%) 22 (88.0%) 8 (88.9%) 4 (100.0%) |
0.975 | 17 (14.5%) 3 (11.5%) 1 (16.7%) 1 (12.5%) |
100 (85.5%) 23 (88.5%) 5 (83.3%) 7 (87.5%) |
0.976 | |
| Use of embryo postmortem |
Scholarly degree Graduate High School Middle School |
91 (81.2%) 44 (77.2%) 3 (60.0%) |
21 (18.8%) 13 (22.8%) 2 (40.0%) |
0.344 | 87 (82.8%) 34 (87.2%) 3 (60.0%) |
18 (17.2%) 5 (12.8%) 2 (40.0%) |
0.241 |
| Religion Catholic Evangelic Spiritism Other |
105 (77.2%) 22 (88.0%) 8 (88.9%) 3 (75.0%) |
31 (22.8%) 3 (12.0%) 1 (11.1%) 1 (25.0%) |
0.562 | 90 (81.8%) 22 (84.6%) 4 (80.0%) 7 (87.5%) |
20 (18.2%) 4 (14.5%) 1 (20.0%) 1 (12.5%) |
0.964 | |
* The analysis was performed only with subjects who answered yes or no. Those who did not answer were excluded. In bold, p<0.05; n, number of volunteers.