Table 7.

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

	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	−.03	.03	−.03	−.03	.03	−.03	−.02	.03	−.03	−.02	.03	−.02	−.007	.03	−.007
Gender	−2.01	.44	−.11**	−2.00	.44	−.11**	−2.44	.44	−.13**	−1.99	.43	−.11**	−1.53	.42	−.08**
No. of children	1.70	.39	.16**	1.74	.39	.16**	1.46	.38	.14**	1.45	.38	.14**	1.24	.37	.12*
Education	.30	.34	.02	.34	.34	.02	.41	.34	.03	.64	.33	.05	.73	.32	.05*
Relationship status	−.06	.32	−.007	−.009	.32	−.001	−.017	.32	−.002	−.07	.318	−.007	−.05	.30	−.005
Parenting intentions	1.82	.40	.11**	1.85	.40	.11**	1.27	.41	.07*	1.30	.40	.08*	1.09	.39	.06*
Exp./familiarity				−.63	.37	−.04	−.52	.37	−.03	−.49	.36	−.03	−.61	.35	−.04
Religiosity							.42	.06	16**	.56	.06	.21**	.53	.06	.20**
Perceived morality										−.78	.09	−.20**	−.80	.09	−.20**
Instrumental Harm													.42	.05	.27**
Imp. Beneficence													−.06	.04	−.05
R2	.03			.04			.06			.10			.15
F for change in R2			10.64**			2.84			41.79**			66.05**			52.22**

*p < .05; **p < .001