Approval of health insurance covering fertility treatment among adults by gender U.S. 2023

A survey in 2023 found that the majority of adults in the United States were in favor of health insurance covering the cost of fertility treatments, while a quarter were unsure. Slightly more women were in favor than men. This statistic portrays the percentage of adults who agreed that the cost of fertility treatments should be covered by health insurance in the United States as of 2023, by gender

Percentage of adults who agreed that fertility treatments should be covered by health insurance in the United States as of 2023, by gender

Characteristic	No	Yes	Not sure
Men	17%	57%	25%
Women	10%	64%	25%
Total	14%	61%	25%

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

April 10 to 16, 2023

Number of respondents

5,073 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

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Interviews were conducted in both English and Spanish

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Do you think that health insurance should cover the cost of fertility treatments?"
The source adds the following information: "Share of respondents who didn't offer an answer are not shown.
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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