Table 4.
Multiple group analysis on parenting stress, co-parenting and marital conflict between unemployed and employed mothers
| Independent variables | Dependent variables | Employed | Unemployed | Critical ratios of difference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | p | β | p | ||||
| Parenting stress (f) | ➔ | Co-parenting (f) | −.46 | <.001 | −.46 | <.001 | −0.035 |
| Parenting stress (f) | ➔ | Co-parenting (m) | −.18 | .102 | −.30 | .001 | 0.146. |
| Parenting stress (m) | ➔ | Co-parenting (f) | −.22 | .033 | −.18 | .044 | −0.484 |
| Parenting stress (m) | ➔ | Co-parenting (m) | −.37 | <.001 | −.35 | <.001 | 0.342 |
| Parenting stress (f) | ➔ | Marital conflict (f) | .41 | <.001 | .25 | .012 | −2.408 |
| Parenting stress (f) | ➔ | Marital conflict (m) | .17 | .129 | .19 | .342 | 0.598 |
| Parenting stress (m) | ➔ | Marital conflict (f) | .18 | .429 | .10 | .976 | −1.775 |
| Parenting stress (m) | ➔ | Marital conflict (m) | .14 | .738 | .21 | .019 | 1.325 |
| Co-parenting (f) | ➔ | Marital conflict (f) | −.41 | <.001 | −.18 | .103 | 2.753 |
| Co-parenting (f) | ➔ | Marital conflict (m) | −.30 | .015 | −.15 | <.001 | −1.625 |
| Co-parenting (m) | ➔ | Marital conflict (f) | −.14 | .657 | −.29 | .007 | 2.952 |
| Co-parenting (m) | ➔ | Marital conflict (m) | −.31 | .007 | −.45 | .137 | 1.274 |