Table 6.

Summary of hierarchical regression analysis for variables predicting the positive attitudes towards genetic testing (N = 1267) (N = 1627)

	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3			Model 4			Model 5
Variables	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β	B	SE B	β
Age	−.02	.02	−.04	−.02	.02	−.03	−.02	.02	−.03	−.03	.02	−.04	−.03	.02	−.04
Gender	1.88	.32	.14**	1.87	.32	.14**	1.91	.33	.14**	1.48	.32	.11**	1.40	.32	.10**
No. of children	−.94	.28	−.12*	−.98	.28	−.12*	−.95	.28	−.12*	−.94	.27	−.12*	−.91	.27	−.11*
Relationship status	.29	.24	.03	.21	.24	.02	.21	.24	.02	.25	.23	.03	.25	.23	.03
Parenting intentions	−.68	.29	−.05*	−.72	.29	−.06*	−.67	.30	−.05*	−.74	.29	−.06*	−.70	.29	.06*
Exp./familiarity				.81	.27	.07*	.80	.27	.07*	.75	.26	.06*	.77	.26	.06*
Religiosity							−.03	.04	−.01	−.17	.04	−.09**	−.16	.04	−.08*
Perceived morality										.78	.07	.27**	.79	.07	.27**
Instrumental Harm													−.06	.02	−.05*
R2	.036			.041			.042			.110			.113
F for change in R2			12.15**			8.77*			.58			124.69**			4.82*

*p < .05; **p < .001