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Published in final edited form as: Nurs Res. 1998 Mar–Apr;47(2):114–121. doi: 10.1097/00006199-199803000-00010

TABLE 2.

Main and Interaction Effects of Maternal Employment Status and Gestational Status on Parent-Child and Family Relationships

	Groups				Main Effects
	EM LBW	NEM LBW	EM Fullterm	NEM Fullterm	Employment Status	Gestational Status	Interaction Effects
Variable	M (SD) (n = 17)	M (SD) (n = 43)	M (SD) (n = 17)	M (SD) (n = 44)	F	F	F
HOME	41.5 (11.68)	38.7 (10.73)	43.7 (4.47)	36.5 (10.71)	5.67^*	.001	1.10
PSI domains:
Child	101.0 (21.0)	112.3 (22.78)	101.3 (19.15)	111.0 (21.74)	5.58^*	.01	.04
Parent	123.7 (17.79)	132.2 (31.56)	122.2 (26.56)	132.1 (28.84)	2.51	.02	.02
FFFS	13.3 (5.77)	17.6 (10.38)	14.9 (8.45)	14.7 (8.65)	1.20	.10	1.33

^*

p< .05.

HOME = Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment; PSI = Parenting Stress Index; FFFS = Feetham Family Functioning Survey.