Table 3.
Summary of means, standard deviations, and zero-order correlations among the demographic control variables, presence of meaning in motherhood, perceived social support (PSS), and happiness among older mothers (n = 931).
| Older Mothers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7a | 7b | 7c | |
| 1. Education Level | 1 | |||||||||
| 2. Marital status | 0.073 * | 1 | ||||||||
| 3. Employment status | 0.382 *** | 0.048 | 1 | |||||||
| 4. Family income | 0.585 *** | 0.161 *** | 0.353 *** | 1 | ||||||
| 5. Age of first childbirth | 31.19 (4.76) | 0.194 *** | 0.067 ** | 0.131 *** | 0.204 *** | 1 | ||||
| 6. PM | 4.49 (0.70) | 0.106 *** | 0.028 | 0.046 | 0.130 *** | 0.108 ** | 1 | |||
| 7a. PSS from family | 4.56 (0.95) | 0.096 ** | 0.137 *** | 0.106 ** | 0.196 *** | 0.074 ** | 0.417 *** | 1 | ||
| 7b. PSS from friends | 4.50 (0.92) | 0.110 ** | 0.033 | 0.163 *** | 0.202 *** | 0.046 | 0.393 *** | 0.695 *** | 1 | |
| 7c. PSS from significant other | 4.60 (0.97) | 0.089 * | 0.094 ** | 0.120 *** | 0.200 *** | 0.059 | 0.409 *** | 0.845 *** | 0.727 *** | 1 |
| 8. Happiness | 4.39 (0.86) | 0.215 *** | 0.111 *** | 0.126 *** | 0.338 *** | 0.101 ** | 0.536 *** | 0.635 *** | 0.560 *** | 0.597 *** |
Note: * p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.005; *** p ≤ 0.001; PM = presence of meaning in motherhood; PSS = perceived social support.