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Table 2 Social egg freezing awareness, willingness to freeze and willingness to donate to a biobank by university course

From: Understanding social oocyte freezing in Italy: a scoping survey on university female students’ awareness and attitudes

 

Medicine

Law

Healthcare Professionals

Question

 Have you ever heard about “social egg freezing”? (yes,%)

33.2

33.2

33.5

 Would you consider freezing oocytes at some point in life, not for medical reasons, with the purpose of postponing motherhood? (yes,%)

24.9

22.2

11.6

 If in the future, after deciding not to use your frozen oocytes, would you consider donating them to a biobank, so they could be used by other women/couples? (yes,%)

38.5

27.1

34.4