Table 3.

Descriptive statistics and correlations between variables for participants who identified as male parents (above the diagonal) and female parents (below the diagonal)

	Sexual Comfort	Hostile Sexism	Benevolent Sexism	Breastfeeding Knowledge	Positive Feelings	Negative Feelings	Perceptions	Behavioral Intentions	Breastfed Child
Sexual Comfort	–	−0.26*	−0.26*	0.19	−0.08	− 0.31**	0.27**	0.14	0.11
Hostile Sexism	−0.24**	–	0.45***	−0.30**	0.43***	0.32**	−0.12	0.03	−0.08
Benevolent Sexism	−0.27***	0.45***	–	−0.14	0.29**	0.20	0.04	0.05	−0.12
Breastfeeding Knowledge	0.06	−0.10	0.03	–	−0.48***	− 0.40***	0.08	− 0.16	0.27**
Positive Feelings	−0.03	0.17*	0.20*	−0.15	–	0.66***	0.08	0.34***	−0.06
Negative Feelings	−0.06	0.28***	0.24**	−0.25**	0.50***	–	−0.14	0.16	−0.001
Perceptions	0.05	−0.19*	−0.10	0.21**	0.17*	−0.25**	–	0.79***	0.15
Behavioral Intentions	0.01	−0.15*	−0.08	0.16*	0.17*	−0.18*	0.80***	–	0.11
Breastfed Child	−0.05	−0.003	− 0.001	0.42***	− 0.11	−0.06	0.05	0.10	–
Mean	4.35	3.14	3.40	3.62	1.68	1.48	3.38	4.14	–
SD	1.19	1.10	1.00	0.59	0.89	0.86	0.59	1.49	–
Range	1.00–6.70	1.00–5.91	1.00–5.82	1.90–5.00	1.00–5.00	1.00–5.00	1.25–5.00	1.00–7.00	–
Scale	1–7	0–5	0–5	1–5	1–6	1–6	1–5	1–7

Note. Descriptive statistics are for the full sub-sample of parents. Gender coded: male = 0, female = 1

*p ≤ .05, **p ≤ .01, *** p ≤ .001

Because of missing data on individual items, ns for the male sub-sample range from 82 to 102, and ns for the female sample range from 156 to 182