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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Womens Ment Health. 2016 Jan 20;19(4):635–644. doi: 10.1007/s00737-016-0605-9

Table 2.

Bivariate associations of covariates by continuous measures of anxiety, Proyecto Buena Salud, 2006-2011

Anxiety measure
Total Sample
Trait (early pregnancy)
State (mid-pregnancy)
State (late-pregnancy)
n % mean sd p-value mean sd p-value mean sd p-value




Continuous Psychological Acculturation score^ (beta, SE) 2.4 0.65 −0.4 0.5 0.4 −0.2 0.8 0.81 0.2 0.7 0.78
Psychological Acculturation Scale (PAS)
Low <3 1014 78.9 39.8 10.4 0.39 34.1 11.6 0.77 32.8 11.2 0.65
High ≥3 271 21.1 39.2 10.4 33.7 11.7 33.3 11.2
Low (<3) 1014 78.9 39.8 10.4 0.01 34.1 11.6 0.53 32.8 11.2 0.25
Bicultural (3) 101 7.9 36.8 10.3 32.1 11.1 31.6 11.9
High (>3)
170 13.2 40.6 10.2 34.7 12.0 34.6 10.5
Language preference for speaking/reading
Spanish 333 24.8 38.6 11.1 0.02 33.5 12.2 0.44 33.2 12.3 0.70
English 1009 75.2 40.1 10.2 34.4 11.5 32.8 10.9
Generation in the United States
First generation 639 46.7 38.8 10.5 <.01 33.9 11.7 0.60 32.8 11.7 0.97
Second or third generation 730 53.3 40.6 10.2 34.4 11.7 32.9 10.8
Generation in the United States
First generation 639 46.7 38.8 10.5 0.001 33.9 11.7 0.74 32.8 11.7 0.89
Second generation 649 47.4 40.9 10.4 34.5 11.9 32.8 10.8
Third generation
81 5.9 38.4 8.9 33.3 10.4 33.7 10.5

Percents may not sum to 100 due to rounding.

^

P-values generated from linear regression, t-tests and one-way ANOVAs

*First generation: born in Puerto Rico/Dominican Republic, Second generation: at least one parent born in Puerto Rico or Dominican Republic, Third generation: Grandparents born in Puerto Rico/Dominican Republic