Table 3.

Gender disparity and obstetric history as predictors of high stress levels among pregnant women (n = 516)

Predictors	Subcategories	B	Std. error in B	P-value	Odds ratio	95% C.I. for OR
						Lower	Upper
Household income		.353	.142	.013	1.423	1.077	1.879
Household decision maker	In-laws			.050
	Husband	− .952	.434	.028	.386	.165	.904
	Self	− .444	.241	.066	.641	.400	1.029
Pregnancy	Unplanned/planned	− .797	.246	.001	.450	.278	.730
Number of children		− .129	.061	.033	.879	.780	.989
Gender preference	No preference			.011
	Male	.319	.233	.172	1.375	.870	2.173
	Female	− 1.398	.583	.016	.247	.079	.775
Complications during birth procedure by mid-wives	Yes/no	.466	.273	.088	1.594	.933	2.722
Marital problems	Yes/no	.779	.338	.021	2.178	1.124	4.223
Harassment	No/yes	1.188	.322	.000	3.280	1.745	6.164
Constant		− .621	.437	.155	.538

Hosmer and Lemeshow test statistic = 3.54, P = .896, Cox and Snell R² = .22, NegelKerke R² = .29, Model Chi² = 113.50, P < .001