Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics, support, and gestational aspects of a sample of pregnant women at baseline and their association with maternal-fetal attachment after 60 days. Pelotas, Southern Brazil.
| Variable | N (%) | Maternal-fetal attachment |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD)/correlation | |||
| Age | 27.0 (6.1)a | -0.016 | 0.652 |
| Socioeconomic status | 0.110 | ||
| Higher | 219 (26.1) | 97.7 (11.3) | |
| Middle | 482 (57.4) | 99.3 (11.4) | |
| Lower | 138 (16.4) | 97.6 (12.6) | |
| Education | 0.439 | ||
| Less than 4 years | 17 (2.0) | 102.4 (10.4) | |
| Between 4 and 7 years | 161 (19.2) | 98.4 (12.2) | |
| Between 8 and 10 years | 183 (21.8) | 97.9 (12.1) | |
| 11 years or more | 478 (57.0) | 98.8 (11.2) | |
| Gestational ageb | 27.5 (6.0)a | 0.185 | <0.001 |
| Lives with a partner | 0.001 | ||
| No | 150 (17.9) | 95.7 (12.3) | |
| Yes | 689 (82.1) | 99.2 (11.3) | |
| Social support from baby's father | <0.001 | ||
| No | 52 (6.2) | 93.1 (14.4) | |
| Yes | 787 (93.8) | 99.0 (11.3) | |
| Social support from mother | 0.176 | ||
| No | 139 (16.6) | 97.4 (12.1) | |
| Yes | 700 (83.4) | 98.8 (11.4) | |
| Primigravida | 0.165 | ||
| No | 482 (57.4) | 98.1 (11.7) | |
| Yes | 357 (42.6) | 99.2 (11.3) | |
| Prior abortionc | 0.747 | ||
| No | 311 (64.5) | 98.2 (11.3) | |
| Yes | 171 (35.5) | 97.9 (12.5) | |
| Planned pregnancy | 0.067 | ||
| No | 461 (54.9) | 97.9 (11.9) | |
| Yes | 378 (45.1) | 99.4 (11.1) | |
| Fertility treatment | 0.330 | ||
| No | 833 (99.3) | 98.6 (11.5) | |
| Yes | 6 (0.7) | 94.0 (17.8) | |
| Total | 839 (100.0) | 98.6 (11.6) | – |
a
Mean and standard deviation.
b
Variable with missing data.
c
The variable of prior abortion was only asked to those who were not primigravida (n = 482).