About half of college educated adults say they have undergone fertility treatment or know someone who has % who say they or someone they know personally has sever used fertility treatments to try to have a baby Total EDUCATION HS or less
Four decades after the birth of Louise Brown, the first “test-tube baby” conceived via in vitro fertilization (IVF), 33% of American adults report that they or someone they know has used some type of fertility treatment in order to try to have a baby, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
The share of people who say they have undergone a fertility treatment or know someone who has varies markedly by education and income. About four-in-ten (43%) of those with a bachelor’s degree have had some exposure to fertility treatment – either through their own experience or that of someone they know – and the share rises to 56% among those with a postgraduate degree. About half (48%) of people with family incomes of $75,000 or more also have been exposed to fertility treatment. (The survey did not specify what type of treatment.)
Whites are more likely than blacks or Hispanics to report that they have undergone a fertility treatment or know someone who has (37% vs. 22% and 26%, respectively), and women are more likely than men to say the same (36% vs. 30%).
About half of college educated adults  | say they have undergone fertility  | treatment or know someone who has  | % who say they or someone they know personally has  | sever used fertility treatments to try to have a baby  | 33%  | Total  | EDUCATION  | HS or less  | Some college  | Bachelor's  | 43  | Postgrad  | 56  | FAMILY INCOME  | <$30K  | $30K-$74 gog  | $75K+  | 48  | RACE/ETHNICITY  | White  | Black  | 22  | Hispanic  | 26  | Note: "Some college college "includes those with an associate degree and  | those who attended college college butdid not obtaina degree. degree Whites and  | blacks include onlynon-Hispanics Hispa nics areofany race.  | Source: Survey ofu.s adults conducted June 19-July 2, 2018  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 