Table 4.
Summary of means, standard deviations, and zero-order correlations among the demographic control variables, presence of meaning in motherhood (PM), perceived social support (PSS), and happiness among younger mothers (n = 361).
| Younger Mothers | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7a | 7b | 7c | |
| 1. Education Level | 1 | |||||||||
| 2. Marital status | 0.194 *** | 1 | ||||||||
| 3. Employment status | 0.185 *** | −0.024 | 1 | |||||||
| 4. Family income | 0.301 *** | 0.254 *** | 0.167 *** | 1 | ||||||
| 5. Age of first childbirth | 20.31 (20.6) | 0.264 *** | 0.201 *** | 0.007 | 0.168 ** | 1 | ||||
| 6. PM | 4.47 (0.74) | −0.021 | 0.085 | −0.052 | 0.166 ** | −0.010 | 1 | |||
| 7a. PSS from family | 4.35 (1.22) | 0.056 | 0.074 | 0.057 | 0.149 ** | 0.063 | 0.359 *** | 1 | ||
| 7b. PSS from friends | 4.37 (1.20) | 0.103 | 0.057 | 0.065 | 0.120 * | 0.094 | 0.313 *** | 0.688 *** | 1 | |
| 7c. PSS from significant other | 4.48 (1.14) | 0.085 | 0.071 | 0.075 | 0.166 ** | 0.072 | 0.338 *** | 0.784 *** | 0.765 *** | 1 |
| 8. Happiness | 3.99 (1.00) | 0.126 * | 0.169 *** | 0.047 | 0.159 ** | 0.008 | 0.435 *** | 0.564 *** | 0.454 *** | 0.575 *** |
Note: * p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.005; *** p ≤ 0.001; PM = presence of meaning in motherhood; PSS = perceived social support.