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Table 7.

Hierarchical regression analyses predicting happiness from presence of meaning in motherhood and perceived social support from significant other among older (n = 819) and younger mothers (n = 295).

Happiness
	Older Mothers			Younger Mothers
Predictor	∆R²	β	t	∆R²	β	t
Step 1	0.110			0.054
Demo		-	-		-	-
Education level		−0.004	−0.102		0.053	0.860
Employment status		0.008	0.222		0.012	0.211
Marital status		0.046	1.365		0.103	1.697
Family income		0.310	7.362 ***		0.0168	2.714 **
Age of first childbirth		0.038	1.114		−0.053	−0.885
Step 2	0.243			0.191
Demo		-	-		-	-
PM		0.499	17.459 ***		0.447	8.535 ***
Step 3	0.153			0.181
Demo		-	-		-	-
PM		0.331	12.217 ***		0.284	5.814 ***
PSS from SO		0.435	15.821 ***		0.464	9.529 ***
Step 4	0.004			0.000
Demo		-	-		-	-
PM		0.330	12.197 ***		0.284	5.748 ***
PSS from SO		0.445	16.095 ***		0.464	9.508 ***
PM × PSS from SO		0.067	2.670 **		0.000	0.001
Total R²	0.510			0.426

Note: ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001; Demo = demographic (education level, marital status, employment status, family income and age of first childbirth); PM = presence of meaning in motherhood; PSS = perceived social support.