Motives for Desiring Children in Different Sexual-romantic Orientations

Motives for Desiring Children in Different Sexual-romantic Orientations: A Cross-sectional Study

The goal of this cross-sectional study is to compare the motives for the desire to have children in different sexual-romantic orientation. The main question[s] it aims to answer are:

• Do all orientations have the same motives for the desire to have children?
• What are the preferred methods for having a child for the different orientations

Participants will answer an online questionaire .

Researchers will compare the different orientations to see if there are differences.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Sexual Orientation; Family Characteristics
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Questionaire

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 837

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Switzerland
  • Bern, Switzerland, 3010
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, lnselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

LGBT+ organisations and groups in Switzerland and social media were contacted for the participants' recruitment.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• All participants regardless of sex, gender or age

Exclusion Criteria:

• Incomplete questionnaire
• Under 18 years
• Caring for a child in a social, economic or educational way (self-report)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

4

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Bisexual-Biromantic; People that self-identify as bisexual-biromantic	Other: Questionaire; All participants answered an online questionaire. Out of the 837 participants 641 were included
Heterosexual-heteroromantic; People that self-identify as heterosexual-heteroromantic	Other: Questionaire; All participants answered an online questionaire. Out of the 837 participants 641 were included
Homosexual-homoromantic; People that self-identify as homosexual-homoromantic	Other: Questionaire; All participants answered an online questionaire. Out of the 837 participants 641 were included
Pansexual-panromantic; People that self-identify as pansexual-panromantic	Other: Questionaire; All participants answered an online questionaire. Out of the 837 participants 641 were included

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Possible difference in the motive to have a child between different orientations.	The questionnaire, that was answered at baseline, included statements that people rated. There were 5 statement each for each motive and 10 additional statements	At baseline in July/August 2018

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Preferred way to have a child of the different orientations	People with positive wish for child could choose from different possibilities their preferred method (assessed via questionnaire).	At baseline in July/August 2018

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University Hospital Inselspital, Berne
• Investigators: Study Chair: Petra Stute, Dr. med., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, lnselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): July 3, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): August 30, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): August 30, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 20, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 20, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): March 2, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): March 6, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 2, 2023
• Last Verified: March 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Parenting; Romantic orientation; Queer
• Other Study ID Numbers: BASEC 201800535

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No