Regret over the delay in childbearing decision negatively associates with life satisfaction among Japanese women and men seeking fertility treatment: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Regret and infertility-related factors associated with life satisfaction separated by sex

	Women (n = 253) R = 0.296; R² = 0.088; Adjusted R² = 0.058, p = 0.004				Men (n = 196) R = 0.267; R² = 0.071; Adjusted R² = 0.031, p = 0.081
Characteristics	Non-standardized coefficient (B)	95% CI	Standardized coefficient (β)	p value	Non-standardized coefficient (B)	95% CI	Standardized coefficient (β)	p value
Regret	−0.515	−0.938, −0.093	−0.155	0.017	−0.401	−0.900, 0.097	−0.117	0.114
Duration of infertility	0.024	−0.004, 0.053	0.111	0.098	−0.018	−0.063, 0.027	− 0.060	0.437
Previous live birth	1.930	0.122, 3.739	0.134	0.037	2.113	−0.293, 4.519	0.132	0.085
Used assisted reproduction technology	−1.499	−2.977, −0.020	−0.135	0.047	−1.306	−3.096, 0.483	−0.109	0.152

Note. Adjusted by age, education level (completed university education or not), employment status (employed full-time and self-employed, or employed part-time or without paid work) and annual household income (more than 6 million JPY or not)

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