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Couples Undergoing Fertility Treatment (PinK)
Content and Objectives
Increasing numbers of couples delay having children to later ages or decide they want children at a later age. Since natural fertility declines with age in women and men, medically assisted fertility treatments have gained in importance. The aim of the PinK (short for German "Paare in Kinderwunschbehandlung") study is to gain better understanding of the situations of couples who have not been able to have children. The study focuses on the pathways taken by unintentionally childless couples to fertility treatments as well as their experiences.
Data and Methods
All couples who commenced treatment between July 2012 and June 2013 in a fertility treatment centre in Rhineland-Palatinate or the Hessian capital of Wiesbaden were questioned about their experiences using a gender-specific standardised questionnaire (PAPI). 323 women and 242 men took part in the first survey, including 234 couples for whom complete information about both partners is available. The dataset thus enables not only gender comparisons, but also couple analyses. A follow-up survey in which some of the questions from the first survey were repeated began in July 2013. Inclusion of the second survey wave makes longitudinal analyses possible, which allow us to correlate changes, for example in attitudes and perceived burdens, with the course of the treatment.
Duration
2011–2015
Partners
- Institut für Arbeits-, Sozial- und Umweltmedizin der Universitätsmedizin Mainz
- Evangelische Hochschule Darmstadt
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde der Universitätsmedizin Mainz