As of 2023, 42 percent of adults in the United States said they or someone they knew personally had used fertility treatments to try to have a baby. Women were more likely than men to have used fertility treatments or knew someone who did.
This statistic shows the percentage of adults who knew someone personally or has used fertility treatments themselves in the United States as of 2023, by gender.
Percentage of adults who knew someone personally or has used fertility treatments themselves to conceive in the United States as of 2023, by gender
Interviews were conducted in both English and Spanish
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
The source adds the following information: "Everyone who took part in this survey is a member of the Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey panel that is recruited through national random sampling of residential addresses. This way, nearly all U.S. adults have a chance of selection. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories."
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Pew Research Center. (September 14, 2023). Percentage of adults who knew someone personally or has used fertility treatments themselves to conceive in the United States as of 2023, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1416592/usage-of-fertility-treatment-among-adults-by-gender/
Pew Research Center. "Percentage of adults who knew someone personally or has used fertility treatments themselves to conceive in the United States as of 2023, by gender." Chart. September 14, 2023. Statista. Accessed October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1416592/usage-of-fertility-treatment-among-adults-by-gender/
Pew Research Center. (2023). Percentage of adults who knew someone personally or has used fertility treatments themselves to conceive in the United States as of 2023, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1416592/usage-of-fertility-treatment-among-adults-by-gender/
Pew Research Center. "Percentage of Adults Who Knew Someone Personally or Has Used Fertility Treatments Themselves to Conceive in The United States as of 2023, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1416592/usage-of-fertility-treatment-among-adults-by-gender/
Pew Research Center, Percentage of adults who knew someone personally or has used fertility treatments themselves to conceive in the United States as of 2023, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1416592/usage-of-fertility-treatment-among-adults-by-gender/ (last visited October 02, 2024)
Percentage of adults who knew someone personally or has used fertility treatments themselves to conceive in the United States as of 2023, by gender [Graph], Pew Research Center, September 14, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1416592/usage-of-fertility-treatment-among-adults-by-gender/