Table 1: Socio-demographic characteristics of the the infertile women and men and the general population.

General male
population (95% CI)
(N=480)
Infertile male
partners (95% CI)
(N=44)
General female
population (95% CI)
(N=480)
Infertile female
partner (95% CI)
(N=49)
Mean age (years) 38.6 (37.9 - 39.3) 38.7 (36.7; 40.7) 30.8 (30.2; 31.4) 29.9 (28.0; 31.7)
Categories of ages (years)
≤25 3.3 (2.0; 5.4) 2.1 (0.3; 14.2) 23.5 (19.9; 27.6) 31.4 (19.9; 45.7)
>25; ≤35 30.2 (26.2; 34.5) 20.8 (11.3; 35.1) 48.7 (44.2; 53.2) 45.1 (31.7; 59.2)
>35 66.5 (62.1; 70.6) 77.1 (62.6; 87.1) 27.7 (23.9; 31.9) 23.5 (13.6; 37.5)
Marital status
Married 80.8 (77.1; 84.1) 85.4 (71.8; 93.1) 81.2 (77.5; 84.5) 84.6 (71.6; 92.3)
Living together but not married 19.2 (15.9; 22.9) 14.6 (6.9; 28.2) 18.7 (15.5; 22.5) 15.4 (7.7; 28.4)
Matrimonial regime
monogamy 94.7 (92.2; 96.5) 86.0 (71.5; 93.8) 94.9 (92.4; 96.7) 85.4 (71.8; 93.1)
Religion
Muslim 59.0 (54.5; 63.3) 77.1 (62.6; 87.1) 55.4 (50.9; 59.8) 71.1 (57.0; 82.1)
Christian 40.6 (36.2; 45.1) 22.9 (12.9; 37.4) 44.4 (40.0; 48.9) 28.8 (17.9; 41.0)
animist 0.4 (0.1; 1.7) 0 0.2 (0.0; 1.5) 0
Education level
Never been to school 15.8 (12.8; 19.4) 12.5 (5.6; 25.8) 30.2 (26.2; 34.5) 34.6(22.7; 48.9)
Primary school 33.5 (29.4; 37.9) 29.2 (17.8; 44.0) 35.0 (30.8; 39.4) 26.9 (16.3; 41.0)
Middle school 22.1 (18.6; 26.0) 27.1 (16.1; 41.8) 17.3 (14.1; 20.9) 13.5 (6.4; 26.2)
High school 11.0 (8.5; 14.2) 8.3 (3.0; 20.8) 5.4 (3.7; 7.8) 5.8 (1.8; 17.1)
University 08.5 (6.3; 11.4) 6.2 (1.9; 18.3) 4.4 (2.9; 6.6) 5.8 (1.8; 17.0)
Other 9.0 (6.7; 11.9) 16.7 (8.3; 30.5) 7.7 (5.6; 10.5) 13.5 (6.4; 26.2)
Mean income per month (USD*)
≤ 86.3 44.2 (39.8; 48.7) 56.2 (41.6; 69.9) 93.3 (90.7; 95.3) 94.1 (82.7; 98.2)
>86.3; ≤172.5 37.3 (33.1; 41.7) 29.2 (17.8;44.0) 6.6 (4.7; 9.3) 5.9 (1.8; 17.3)
>172.5; 18.5 (15.3; 22.3) 14.6 (6.9; 28.2) 0 0

NB: data are means and percentages *USD: United State Dollar.