Faculty of Social Work, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Faculty of Social Work, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Reprod Biomed Online. 2024 Oct;49(4):104302. doi: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2024.104302. Epub 2024 Jun 4.
What is the profile of women in the USA who become surrogates, and what is their power of decision and motivations?
This quantitative study was performed with 231 participants in the USA, given the country's long history of surrogacy, to help clarify the profile of women who become surrogates, their power of decision and motivations.
Descriptive and multivariate cluster analyses showed that women who become surrogates earn above the average income for their state of residency, have a high level of education, have health insurance, are employed, and decide to become a surrogate for prosocial/altruistic reasons.
In contrast to the premise of both radical feminism and ultra-conservative Catholicism, this study found that altruism and empathy are the primary motivations for participating in surrogacy processes, and that a woman's decision to become a surrogate is not motivated by social conditioning relating to poverty or social status.
美国成为代孕者的女性有哪些特征？她们的决策力和动机是什么？
这项定量研究在美国进行，共有 231 名参与者，考虑到美国代孕的悠久历史，可以帮助阐明成为代孕者的女性的特征、她们的决策力和动机。
描述性和多变量聚类分析表明，成为代孕者的女性收入高于其居住州的平均收入，受教育程度较高，有健康保险，有工作，并出于亲社会/利他的原因决定成为代孕者。
与激进女权主义和极端保守的天主教教义的前提相反，这项研究发现，利他主义和同理心是参与代孕过程的主要动机，女性决定成为代孕者的动机不是与贫困或社会地位有关的社会条件所驱动的。
