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Table 4 Number of cycles needed to live birth, total expenditure and the proportion of public expenditure (%) per live birth by women's background characteristics

From: Resource allocation of in vitro fertilization: a nationwide register-based cohort study

 

Number of cycles per live birth

Total expenditure, euros

Public expenditure, %

Age

20–29

30–34

35–39

40+

Total

20–29

30–34

35–39

40+

Total

20–29

30–34

35–39

40+

Total

Socioeconomic position

               

Upper white-collar

4.1

5.6

7.5

15.8

6.6

12130

13200

17780

38440

16130

60

59

58

50

57

Lower white-collar

4.3

5.8

7.3

19.3

6.3

12260

13500

16930

43300

15300

63

62

61

52

61

Blue-collar

5.3

6.1

9.0

13.8

6.9

14300

14690

20500

31840

16910

65

63

62

53

62

Others *

5.2

6.3

8.9

23.8

7.1

14080

14600

20390

59310

17340

63

63

59

52

60

Area of residence †

               

Urban

4.5

5.6

7.8

17.0

6.5

12400

13280

18120

41100

15830

62

61

59

51

59

Semi-Urban

4.8

6.2

6.8

22.2

6.6

14310

14310

16350

48700

16250

65

63

59

53

61

Rural

4.7

6.4

7.8

15.6

6.7

13400

14800

18030

33200

16100

64

64

62

53

62

Sector

               

Public

5.0

5.6

7.6

27.3

6.1

13600

13370

17300

38770

14710

76

76

76

78

76

Private

3.9

5.3

6.9

15.8

6.2

10590

11840

16170

40520

14880

51

51

50

49

51

Both

6.9

10.1

12.8

23.0

10.5

20190

22580

26640

42830

23870

63

63

62

58

62

Total

4.7

6.0

7.8

17.4

6.7

12850

13660

17830

40660

15940

63

62

60

52

60

  1. * Entrepreneurs, students, pensioners, unemployed, and women with an unclassified or unknown position. † Excluding women with unknown area of residence (n = 23).