. 2018 Apr 18;13(4):e0194033. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194033

Table 3. Construct validity hypothesis tests.

Hypothesis	Variable	Score range (median)	P-value
Living with partner will be associated with higher scores, other categories with lower scores.	Partnership status:
	Cohabiting with husband/partner	2–12 (11)
	Not cohabiting with husband/partner	2–12 (9)	0.001^a
	No current partner	0–12 (8)	0.001^a
Higher educational status will be associated with higher scores.	Educational level:
	None	4–11 (10)	< 0.001^a
	Primary	7–12 (11)
	Secondary	2–12 (11)
	Post-secondary	0–12 (11)
	College or university	3–12 (11)
Natives will have the highest scores.	Ethnicity
	Natives	0–12 (11)	0.05 ^b
	Immigrants	3–12 (11)	0.05 ^b
The youngest women will have the lowest scores.	Age group
	< 20	7–9 (8)	0.005^a
	20–24	0–12 (11)	0.005^a
	25–29	5–12 (11)
	30–34	2–12 (11)
	35–39	3–12 (11)
	40+	8–12 (12)
Nulliparous women will have the highest scores.	Number of children
	First child	2–12 (11)	<0.001^a
	Second child	3–12 (10)
	Third or more child	3–12 (10)
Making ends meet easily will have the highest scores.	Subjective poverty
	Making ends meet with difficulty	2–12 (10)	<0.001^b
	Making ends meet easily	0–12 (11)	<0.001^b
Paid employment will be associated with highest scores.	Paid employment
	Yes	0–12 (11)	0.001^b
	No	2–12 (11)	0.001^b
Intimate partner violence will be associated with lowest scores.	Intimate partner violence
	Yes	0–12 (7.5)	<0.001^b
	No	2–12 (11)	<0.001^b

^aKruskal-Wallis tests

^bMann-Withney U tests