Table 3.

Correlations between prenatal expectation factors, demographics, psychosocial measures, and cultural variables (N= 210)

	Paternal support factor	Family support factor	Maternal role fulfillment factor
Marital statusa	−.62**	−.02	−.17*
No. of children under 18 in the home	−.14	−.13	−.24**
No. of other biological children	.02	−.25**	.04
Preparedness for infant care	.07	.03	.21**
Experience with infants	.01	−.06	.16*
Economic hardship	−.11	−.32**	−.14*
Maternal education	−.03	.24*	.04
Gestational weeks when prenatal care was initiated	−.05	−.04	−.18**
Pregnancy intentionsb	.19**	−.01	.13
Maternal age	.05	−.33**	.10
Country of birthc	.14*	−.24**	−.01
Immigration age to US	.08	−.26**	.07
Satisfaction with support from biological father	.80**	.26**	.22**
Depressive symptoms	−.41**	−.18**	−.22**
General social support	.35**	.52**	.26**
Familism	.19**	.20**	.38**
Anglo orientation	−.04	.38**	.05
Mexican orientation	.15*	−.19**	.16*

^a0 = Married or living together, 1 = Not living with partner;

^b0 = Wanted to be pregnant later or never, 1 = wanted to be pregnant then or sooner;

^c0 = Born in United States, 1 = Born in Mexico

^*p ≤ .05,

^**p ≤ .01