Infertility knowledge and treatment beliefs among African American women in an urban community

Table 5 Multiple regression model outcomes for infertility beliefs and knowledge

	Negative belief		Positive belief		Knowledge
Source	F Value	P value	F Value	P value	F Value	P value
Age	2.74	0.1009	8.82	0.0036*	0.74	0.3908
Education	0.8	0.4956	1.33	0.269	3.85	0.0112*
Work	0.09	0.7655	0.41	0.521	2.94	0.0889
Sexuality	1.92	0.1506	2.64	0.076	0.22	0.8004
Currently Pregnant	0.23	0.6304	0.63	0.4275	0.48	0.4911
Infertility History	2.57	0.1115	0.18	0.6717	1.81	0.1807
Infertility Treatment History	4.78	0.0308*	0.82	0.3675	1.44	0.2319
Parity	0.13	0.7179	0.55	0.4616	0.16	0.6925

The outcome of the multiple regression model was performed on negative beliefs positive beliefs and knowledge separately. The input variables include age, education level, employment, gender, current pregnancy status, Infertility History, Infertility Treatment history and parity. *Significant statistical difference was detected

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