Variables categories | Number (%) | Resignation rate (%) | P value* | |||||
Total | Not resigned | Resigned | ||||||
N | 1018 | 839 | (78.0) | 179 | (16.7) | 16.7 | ||
Age (years) | ||||||||
<35 | 274 | (27.3) | 225 | (27.2) | 49 | (27.4) | 17.9 | 0.97 |
35–39 | 358 | (35.6) | 293 | (35.5) | 65 | (36.3) | 18.2 | |
≥40 | 373 | (37.1) | 308 | (37.3) | 65 | (36.3) | 17.4 | |
Age at marriage (years) | ||||||||
<35 | 587 | (66.2) | 473 | (65.3) | 114 | (69.9) | 19.4 | 0.21 |
35–39 | 215 | (24.2) | 184 | (25.4) | 31 | (19.0) | 14.4 | |
≥40 | 85 | (9.6) | 67 | (9.3) | 18 | (11.0) | 21.2 | |
Age at initiation of ART (years) | ||||||||
<35 | 216 | (31.7) | 168 | (30.2) | 48 | (38.1) | 22.2 | 0.23 |
35–39 | 266 | (39.0) | 221 | (39.7) | 45 | (35.7) | 16.9 | |
≥40 | 200 | (29.3) | 167 | (30.0) | 33 | (26.2) | 16.5 | |
Educational background† | ||||||||
Higher | 544 | (53.8) | 468 | (56.2) | 76 | (42.5) | 14.0 | <0.01 |
Lower | 468 | (46.2) | 365 | (43.8) | 103 | (57.5) | 22.0 | |
Duration of infertility (years)‡ | ||||||||
<2 | 304 | (31.6) | 267 | (33.8) | 37 | (21.5) | 12.2 | <0.01 |
≥2 | 659 | (68.4) | 524 | (66.2) | 135 | (78.5) | 20.5 | |
ART experience | ||||||||
No | 262 | (26.1) | 217 | (26.2) | 45 | (25.3) | 17.2 | 0.79 |
Yes | 743 | (73.9) | 610 | (73.8) | 133 | (74.7) | 17.9 | |
Company size at the initiation of infertility treatment (employees) | ||||||||
<50 | 219 | (32.6) | 162 | (32.7) | 57 | (32.4) | 26.0 | 0.67 |
50–999 | 231 | (34.4) | 166 | (33.5) | 65 | (36.9) | 28.1 | |
≥1000 | 221 | (32.9) | 167 | (33.7) | 54 | (30.7) | 24.4 | |
Employment type at the initiation of infertility treatment | ||||||||
Permanent worker§ | 475 | (70.6) | 374 | (74.7) | 101 | (58.7) | 21.3 | <0.001 |
Non-permanent worker§ | 99 | (14.7) | 54 | (10.8) | 45 | (26.2) | 45.5 | |
Self-employed and others | 99 | (14.7) | 73 | (14.6) | 26 | (15.1) | 26.3 | |
Harassment experience in workplace due to infertility treatment | ||||||||
No | 889 | (90.7) | 743 | (92.1) | 146 | (84.4) | 16.4 | <0.01 |
Yes | 91 | (9.3) | 64 | (7.9) | 27 | (15.6) | 29.7 | |
Infertility treatment-relevant support from company¶ | ||||||||
Yes | 401 | (42.2) | 347 | (44.5) | 54 | (31.4) | 13.5 | <0.01 |
No | 550 | (57.8) | 432 | (55.5) | 118 | (68.6) | 21.5 |
*Pearson’s χ2 test.
†Educational background: university and graduate school as ‘higher educational background’; and junior high school, high school and junior college/technical school/university dropout as ‘lower educational background’.
‡The median duration of infertility.
§Permanent worker defined no fixed end date for their employment; non-permanent worker defined contract and part-time worker; self-employed and other worker.
¶Infertility treatment-relevant support including, but not limited to, reduction in work-hours, hours-leave and flexible working style.
ART, assisted reproductive technology.