Demographic analysis of a low resource, socioculturally diverse urban community presenting for infertility care in a United States public hospital

Table 1 Patient demographics and socioeconomic parameters

		Low resource clinic (n = 50)	High resource clinic (n = 37)	P-value
Characteristics of Participants
Age (years)^a		32.9 ± 4.1	36.4 ± 6.3	0.005^c
Parity^b	Nulliparity	18 (36)	31 (83.7)	<0.001^d
	Multiparity	32 (64)	6 (16.2)	<0.001^d
Duration of infertility (years)^a		3.4 ± 2.8	2.3 ± 1.5	0.045^c
Previous infertility treatments^b		0 (0%)	2 (5.4%)	0.1
Duration of time lived in US (years)		15 ± 1.89	29.4 ± 1.7	<0.001^c
Socioeconomic Data
Household income^b
<$25,000/year		29 (58%)	1 (2.7%)	<0.001^b
$25,000–$49,999/year		14 (28%)	0 (0%)	<0.001^b
$50,000–99,000/year		1 (2%)	5 (13.5%)	0.44
$100,000–$199,999/year		0 (0%)	17 (45.9%)	<0.001^b
≥$200,000/year		0 (0%)	12 (32.4%)	<0.001^b
Declined to state		6 (12%)	2 (5.4%)
Education^b
Elementary school		6 (12%)	1 (2.7%)	0.14
High School/GED		14 (28%)	0 (0%)	<0.001^d
Some College		15 (30%)	4 (10.8%)	0.03
College		8 (16%)	15 (40.5%)	0.03
Graduate School		2 (4%)	15 (40.5%)	<0.001^d
Declined to state		5 (10%)	2 (5.4%)
Language^b
English proficiency		15 (30%)	35 (94.6%)	<0.001^d
Immigrant^b,e		50 (100%)	4 (10.8%)	<0.001^d
Ethnicity^b
White		3 (6%)	16 (43.2%)	<0.001^d
Black		6 (12%)	3 (8.1%)	0.68
Latino		26 (52%)	1 (2.7%)	<0.001^d
Asian		7 (14%)	8 (21.6%)	0.54
Mixed		4 (8%)	4 (10.8%)	0.53
Other		4 (8%)	4 (10.8%)	0.43

^aData are reported as mean years ± std. deviation for age and duration of infertility
^bData are reported as number of patients (%) for nulliparity, multiparity, income, education level, language, and race/ethnicity
^cT-test, two-tailed significance defined as p < 0.05
^dFisher’s Exact or χ ², significance defined as p < 0.05
^eImmigrants reported moving to the United States after 18-years old

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