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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of study participants

From: Ghanaian women’s experiences of unsuccessful in-vitro fertilisation treatment, unravelling their meanings: a Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenological study

Variables

Frequency (n = 6)

Percent (%)

Age

 20–30

 31–40

4

2

66.7

33.3

Educational level

 Primary

 Tertiary

2

4

33.3

66.7

Religion

 Christian

 Muslim

5

1

83.3

16.7

Occupation

 Banker

 Insurance broker

 Nurse

 Teacher

 Trader

1

1

1

1

2

16.7

16.7

16.7

16.7

33.2

Infertility duration

 2–7 yrs

 8–13 yrs

4

2

66.7

33.3

Causes of infertility

 Polycystic ovarian syndrome (pcos)

 Tubal blockage

 Unknown

1

4

1

16.7

66.6

16.7