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Table 2 Analyses of policies and age-standardized infertility prevalence from 1990-2017

From: Estimating the effects of policies on infertility prevalence worldwide

 

Model 1a

Model 2b

Male infertility

Female infertility

Male infertility

Female infertility

β

95% CI

p

β

95% CI

p

β

95% CI

p

βc

95% CI

p

Economic support

-0·79

-1·88

0·29

0·189

-2·81

-4·77

-0·85

0·023

-0·54

-1·38

0·31

0·268

-2·16

-3·72

-0·60

0·042

Insurance coverage

-0·60

-1·87

0·67

0·383

-3·19

-5·31

-1·07

0·021

0·22

-1·26

1·70

0·785

-3·31

-5·30

-1·33

0·031

Financial assistancec

··

··

··

··

··

··

··

··

··

··

··

··

··

··

··

··

Economic reward

-1·78

-4·49

0·94

0·256

-6·72

-11·23

-2·21

0·033

-0·40

-2·99

2·19

0·791

-4·10

-5·38

-2·81

0·025

Social security

-0·75

-2·29

0·80

0·371

-0·89

-4·54

2·77

0·646

-0·52

-1·54

0·49

0·360

-0·20

-3·03

2·63

0·895

Infertility diagnosis and treatment leave securityc

··

··

··

··

··

··

··

··

··

··

··

··

··

··

··

··

Parental leave security

-1·11

-2·24

0·03

0·092

-1·19

-4·19

1·81

0·459

-0·79

-1·54

-0·03

0·096

0·16

-2·43

2·75

0·906

Child care and education security

-0·51

-2·06

1·04

0·536

-0·34

-3·95

3·27

0·859

-0·40

-1·31

0·51

0·437

-0·08

-2·80

2·64

0·955

Life security

1·69

-0·83

4·20

0·231

2·87

-3·26

9·00

0·389

1·16

-0·17

2·49

0·163

0·85

-4·62

6·32

0·776

Service package

-0·75

-2·32

0·81

0·384

-1·08

-4·95

2·79

0·604

-0·58

-1·61

0·44

0·347

-1·31

-4·22

1·61

0·444

Technology development guarantee

0·57

-2·01

3·15

0·683

3·50

-1·91

8·90

0·261

-1·54

-4·67

1·58

0·435

-0·15

-7·48

7·17

0·971

Reproductive health protection

-0·19

-1·04

0·65

0·666

0·71

-1·80

3·22

0·596

0·87

-1·94

3·68

0·575

0·30

-7·38

7·98

0·943

  1. aNot adjusted
  2. bAdjusted with infertility prevalence baseline, first childbearing age and per capita GDP
  3. cEffectiveness of financial assistance, and infertility diagnosis and treatment leave security policies was not been evaluated because of missing data in most countries
  4. Abbreviation: CI Confidence interval