Table 2.
Demographic factors associated with low social support domains during pregnancy among Australian women (n = 493)
| Demographic characteristics | Emotional support | p-value | Affectionate support | p-value | Tangible support | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low (n = 39) | High (n = 453) | Low (n = 24) | High (n = 467) | Low (n = 52) | High (n = 439) | ||||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||||
| Residence | |||||||||
| Major cities | 17 (43.5) | 269 (59.4) | 0.093 | 11 (45.8) | 274 (58.6) | 0.399 | 27 (52) | 259 (59) | 0.42 |
| Inner regional | 12 (30.7) | 90 (19.8) | 7 (29.2) | 95 (20.4) | 14 (27) | 88 (20) | |||
| Outer regional/remote/very remote | 9 (23.07) | 70 (15.4) | 5 (25) | 74 (16) | 10 (19) | 68 (16) | |||
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Partnered | 32 (82) | 436 (96.2) | < 0.001 | 20 (83.3) | 447 (96) | 0.006 | 45 (86.5) | 422 (96) | 0.002 |
| Non-partnered | 7 (18) | 17 (3.8) | 4 (16.7) | 20 (4) | 7 (13.5) | 17 (4) | |||
| Highest qualification achieved | |||||||||
| University | 20 (51.3) | 299 (66) | 0.065 | 13 (54.2) | 305 (65.5) | 0.209 | 33 (63.5 | 285 (65) | 0.21 |
| Certificate/diploma or trade/apprenticeship | 10 (25.6) | 102 (22.5) | 9 (37.5) | 103 (22.1) | 9 (17.3) | 103 (23.6) | |||
| School only | 9 (23.1) | 51 (11.5) | 2 (8.3) | 58 (12.4) | 10 (19.2) | 50 (11.4) | |||
| Pregnancy months | |||||||||
| < 3 month | 6 (15.4) | 95 (20.9) | 0.62 | 4 (16.7) | 97 (20.7) | 0.96 | 8 (15.4) | 93 (21.2) | 0.246 |
| 3–6 month | 17 (43.6) | 168 (37) | 11 (45.8) | 174 (37.3) | 25 (48.1) | 160 (36.4) | |||
| > 6 month | 16 (41) | 190 (41.9) | 9 (37.5) | 196 (42) | 19 (36.5) | 186 (42.4) | |||
| Able to manage on income available | |||||||||
| Impossible/difficult all of the time | 13 (33.3) | 30 (6.6) | < 0.001 | 8 (33.3) | 35 (7.5) | < 0.001 | 13 (25) | 30 (6.8) | < 0.001 |
| Difficult some of the time | 9 (23.1) | 109 (24.1) | 3 (12.5) | 115 (24.6) | 14 (26.9) | 103 (23.5) | |||
| It is easy/not bad | 17 (43.6) | 313 (69.2) | 13 (54.2) | 317 (67.9) | 25 (48.1) | 305 (69.6) | |||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p-value | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p-value | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 36.78 (1.5) | 36.3 (1.40) | 0.035 | 36.9 (1.42) | 36.28 (1.4) | 0.021 | 36.5 (1.44) | 36.3 (1.41) | 0.234 |
p-value was based on chi-square test and t-test statistics