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.