Gab Kovacs, Julian McCrann, Michele Levine, Gary Morgan
Monash IVF, Epworth Hospital, Bridge Rood, Richmond, VIC 3121, Australia.
Roy Morgan Research, 401 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.
Int J Reprod Med. 2013;2013:242174. doi: 10.1155/2013/242174. Epub 2013 Dec 17.
This study was carried out to determine the attitudes of the Australian community to IVF by a reliable community poll. Cross-sectional surveys, conducted by telephone of a random sample of 650 Australians were undertaken. The sample was drawn from the residential phone numbers in the Australian electronic "White Pages" and stratified by geographical area with quotas controlled by gender and age to be representative of the Australian population. The participants were asked to answer to three questions about gender selection, and their response was measured as "yes-allowed," "no-not allowed," or "undecided" for each of the questions. Whilst 91% of respondents supported the use of IVF to help infertile couples, only 20% supported gender selection within IVF or for family balancing. When it came to the use of IVF only for gender selection, only 17% were in favour. This survey shows that Australian community overwhelmingly opposes gender selection for social reasons.
本研究旨在通过一项可靠的社区民意调查来确定澳大利亚社区对体外受精（IVF）的态度。通过电话对650名澳大利亚人进行随机抽样，开展了横断面调查。样本从澳大利亚电子“白页”中的住宅电话号码中抽取，并按地理区域分层，同时按性别和年龄控制配额，以代表澳大利亚人口。参与者被要求回答三个关于性别选择的问题，每个问题的回答被衡量为“允许——是”、“不允许——否”或“未决定”。虽然91%的受访者支持使用体外受精来帮助不孕夫妇，但只有20%的人支持在体外受精中进行性别选择或为了家庭平衡进行性别选择。当涉及仅为性别选择而使用体外受精时，只有17%的人表示赞成。这项调查表明，澳大利亚社区出于社会原因绝大多数反对性别选择。
