Table 2. Percentage of Women Who Changed Emotionally From 1st to 6th Month .
| Variable | N | Category | Emotions |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deterioration (%) | Improvement (%) | ||||
| age | 600 | over 30 yrs | 6.3 | 20.3 | χ2 (d.f. = 2) = 24.2*** |
| 2,572 | 21 yrs - 31 yrs | 4.3 | 19.2 | ||
| 698 | under 21 yrs | 5 | 26.4 | ||
| partnership | 425 | problems with partner | 4.7 | 30.1 | χ2 (d.f. = 7) = 524.4*** |
| 70 | has no partner | 11.4 | 31.4 | ||
| 4,345 | “healthy” partnership | 4.8 | 19.6 | ||
| previous pregnancy experience | 598 | trauma | 4.2 | 18.6 | χ2 (d.f. = 7) = 385.5*** |
| 1,890 | primigravida | 4.9 | 21.2 | ||
| 2,274 | has a child | 5.2 | 20.9 | ||
| social support | 230 | low | 6.5 | 15.7 | χ2 (d.f. = 4) = 336.5*** |
| 2,933 | high | 4.9 | 21.1 | ||
| objective health | 2,244 | no treatment | 3.8 | 20.4 | χ2 (d.f .= 4) = 417.4*** |
| 2,043 | treatment | 5.6 | 21.2 | ||
| subjective health | 3,330 | no complaints | 4 | 21.5 | χ2 (d.f. = 4) = 567.1*** |
| 1,181 | complaints about health | 7.4 | 18.9 | ||
| planned pregnancy | 2,421 | planned | 6.7 | 4.9 | χ2 (d.f. = 4) = 1,705.8*** |
| 2,414 | unplanned | 3.1 | 36.8 | ||
| housing | 2,019 | sub-standard | 5 | 23.1 | χ2 (d.f. = 4) = 472.4*** |
| 2,753 | standard | 4.8 | 19.1 | ||
*** significant at P < 0.001; ** significant at P < 0.01; * significant at P < 0.05.