Introduction
Educational level has been shown to be an independent factor in access to health care [1]. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), lack of education is one of the contributing factors to increased maternal and child mortality and morbidity in developing countries [2]. In general, education has been shown to have a positive impact on different health issues.
Education influences lifestyles and social attitudes. Women with a higher education level are more likely to postpone marriage and childbearing. They comprise a large proportion of the IVF patient population. In addition, the expansion of higher educational attainment in women is a trend for the future. Women with higher education levels are more likely to correctly perform IVF protocol, thus may improve their clinical outcomes. Several studies have suggested the association between healthier lifestyle behaviors and higher education attainment [3-5]. However, the role of education in predicting varied clinical outcomes after IVF has rarely been studied. Thus, a better understanding of the association between education attainment and IVF outcomes would have broad social importance.
The aim of this study was to determine whether maternal education level is associated with live birth after IVF. Assessing the impact of maternal education level on reproduction outcomes may provide opportunities to identify deficiencies in maternal knowledge and modify them through counseling.