Table 2.
Anxiety measure |
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Total Sample |
Trait (early pregnancy) |
State (mid-pregnancy) |
State (late-pregnancy) |
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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