Table 3. Regression analyses showing associations between father absence and outcome measures for female participants.
β | SE | p | partial eta squared | Adjusted R2 | ||
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Factor 1 Reactivity |
Country | -0.50 | 0.15 | .001 | .05 | .04 |
Father absence | .01 | |||||
before 12 | 0.31 | 0.18 | .08 | |||
after 12 | 0.27 | 0.20 | .17 | |||
Country x Father absence | <.01 | |||||
before 12 | -0.02 | 0.28 | .95 | |||
after 12 | -0.30 | 0.35 | .40 | |||
Factor 2 Masculinity |
Country | 0.45 | 0.14 | .002 | .02 | .03 |
Father absence | <.01 | |||||
before 12 | 0.29 | 0.17 | .08 | |||
after 12 | -0.27 | 0.18 | 0.14 | |||
Country x Father absence | .01 | |||||
before 12 | -0.59 | 0.26 | .03 | |||
after 12 | -0.06 | 0.32 | .84 | |||
First coitus | Country | 0.31 | 0.32 | .34 | <.01 | .04 |
Father absence | .02 | |||||
before 12 | 0.28 | 0.45 | .54 | |||
after 12 | .08 | 0.51 | .88 | |||
Country x Father absence | .03 | |||||
before 12a | -1.78 | 0.60 | .003 | |||
after 12 | -0.29 | 0.77 | .71 | |||
Menarche | Country | -0.33 | 0.18 | .08 | .01 | .01 |
Father absence | <.01 | |||||
before 12 | 0.10 | 0.25 | .68 | |||
after 12 | -0.37 | 0.28 | .19 | |||
Country x Father absence | <.01 | |||||
before 12 | -0.35 | 0.35 | .31 | |||
after 12 | 0.66 | 0.46 | .15 |
a reflects a weak, positive association between father absence before age 12 and age at first coitus in US but not in Australia