TABLE 2.
Selected Personal/Psychosocial Variables—Primigravid Women (n = 50) Compared With Multigravid Women (n = 50): Independent Sample T-Test
| Primigravid |
Multigravid |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Range | Mean | SD | Range | Mean | SD | t-value | df | p |
| Age of subjects, in years | 23–37 | 28 | 4.8 | 28–36 | 32.0 | 4.4 | 3.22 | 98 | .00* |
| Number of hours worked per week | 20–40 | 25.3 | 20.7 | 8–30 | 14.1 | 20.1 | 2.75 | 98 | .01* |
| Marital satisfaction | 4–10 | 9.4 | 1.1 | 4–10 | 8.7 | 1.11 | 3.27 | 98 | .00* |
| Maternal Fetal Attachment Scale | 58–114 | 95.3 | 10.0 | 58–114 | 88.8 | 10.12 | 3.22 | 98 | .00* |
| Self-esteem | 22–40 | 32.5 | 4.1 | 22–40 | 32.3 | 4.1 | 0.19 | 98 | ns |
2-tailed probability
*
p < .01.