Table 2.
Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the sample, prevalence of anxiety risk (STAI), and multiple logistic regression model.
| Sample n (%) |
STAI ≥40 n (%) |
Exp(B) (IC95%) | p value | Exp(B)a (IC95%) | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 18–29 | 269 (23.6) | 79 (29.4) | Ref. | Ref. | ||
| 30–35 | 536 (47.0) | 116 (21.6) | 0.66 (0.48–0.93) | 0.02 | 0.98 (0.67–1.43) | 0.91 | |
| >35 | 335 (29.4) | 81 (24.2) | 0.77 (0.53–1.10) | 0.15 | 0.93 (0.70–1.63) | 0.76 | |
| Nationality | Italian | 1063 (93.1) | 262 (24.6) | Ref. | Ref. | ||
| Non-Italian | 79 (6.9) | 15 (19.0) | 0.72 (0.40–1.28) | 0.26 | 0.59 (0.31–1.13) | 0.11 | |
| Marital status | Married or cohabiting | 1039 (91.6) | 246 (23.7) | Ref. | Ref. | ||
| Single, separated, divorced, or widowed | 95 (8.4) | 30 (31.6) | 0.67 (0.43–1.06) | 0.09 | 0.86 (0.53–1.40) | 0.55 | |
| Educational level | University | 581 (51.3) | 120 (20.7) | 0.34 (0.23–0.50) | <0.01 | 0.60 (0.37–0.96) | 0.03 |
| Secondary | 411 (36.3) | 94 (22.9) | 0.39 (0.26–0.58) | <0.01 | 0.57 (0.36–0.89) | 0.01 | |
| Primary or Illiterate | 141 (12.4) | 61 (43.3)** | Ref. | Ref. | |||
| Working status | Permanent employee | 814 (72.1) | 176 (21.6) | 0.44 (0.31–0.61) | <0.01 | 0.64 (0.43–0.95) | 0.02 |
| Temporary employee | 114 (10.1) | 21 (18.4) | 0.36 (0.20–0.62) | <0.01 | 0.47 (0.26–0.84) | 0.01 | |
| Student, homemaker or unemployed | 201 (17.8) | 78 (38.8)** | Ref. | Ref. | |||
| Economic status | Average high status | 519 (46.1) | 124 (23.9) | 0.45 (0.27–0.74) | <0.01 | 0.58 (0.33–1.00) | 0.05 |
| A few problems without specific difficulties | 534 (47.3) | 120 (22.5) | 0.41 (0.25–0.68) | <0.01 | 0.52 (0.30–0.88) | 0.01 | |
| Same/many problems | 75 (6.6) | 31 (41.3)** | Ref. | Ref. | |||
| Planned pregnancy | Yes | 797 (70.7) | 157 (19.7) | Ref. | Ref. | ||
| No | 330 (29.3) | 116 (35.2)** | 0.45 (0.34–0.60) | <0.01 | 0.57 (0.42–0.78) | <0.01 | |
| Resort to assisted reproductive technology | Yes | 83 (7.4) | 12 (14.5) | Ref. | Ref. | ||
| No | 1046 (92.6) | 263 (25.1)* | 0.50 (0.27–0.94) | 0.03 | 0.58 (0.33–1.00) | 0.05 | |
| Previous pregnancies | Yes | 287 (25.1) | 79 (27.5) | Ref. | Ref. | ||
| No | 855 (74.9) | 198 (23.2) | 0.79 (0.93–1.71) | 0.14 | 0.72 (0.43–1.21) | 0.22 | |
| Past abortion | Yes | 296 (26.2) | 95 (32.1)* | Ref. | Ref. | ||
| No | 832 (73.8) | 180 (21.6) | 0.59 (1.27–2.30) | <0.01 | 0.58 (1.20–2.48) | <0.01 | |
| Children living in the time of this pregnancy | Yes | 192 (16.8) | 59 (30.7)* | Ref. | Ref. | ||
| No | 950 (83.2) | 218 (22.9) | 0.67 (1.06–2.10) | 0.02 | 0.67 (0.88–2.53) | 0.14 | |
| Total | 1142 (100) | 277 (24.3) | |||||
Numbers may not sum to total due to missing data.
Exp(B) = exponentiation of the B coefficient; Exp(B)a = exponentiation of the B coefficient adjusted by all demographic and socioeconomic characteristics variables.
*
p < 0.05.
**
p < 0.01.