Table 1 Pattern and structure matrix of “three component” PCA solution with Oblimin rotation of attitudinal statements
Statements | Components | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Importance of fertlity for the future | Childbearing as a hindrance at present | Social identity | Communalities | ||||
Pattern coefficients | Structure coefficients | Pattern coefficients | Structure coefficients | Pattern coefficients | Structure coefficients | ||
I look forward to one day becoming a mother | 0.871 | 0.870 | -0.130 | -0.312 | 0.066 | -0.286 | .779 |
Having children is an essential part of life | 0.849 | 0.853 | 0.051 | -0.116 | -0.034 | -0.395 | .732 |
Having children will develop me as a person | 0.818 | 0.691 | 0.170 | -0.016 | 0.221 | -0.138 | .532 |
I find it hard to imagine living a life without children | 0.779 | 0.779 | -0.129 | -0.291 | 0.060 | -0.253 | .629 |
I can imagine being pregnant and giving birth | 0.778 | 0.846 | -0.079 | -0.223 | -0.125 | -0.443 | .731 |
Having a child is a way for me to add new elements in life | 0.708 | 0.752 | 0.110 | -0.016 | -0.158 | -0.456 | .603 |
I talk to my friends about having children in the future | 0.649 | 0.712 | -0.124 | -0.245 | -0.092 | -0.351 | .524 |
It is important for me to be fertile | 0.632 | 0.726 | 0.062 | -0.039 | -0.253 | -0.524 | .589 |
It is important for me to be able to get pregnant anytime | 0.424 | 0.579 | -0.189 | -0.246 | -0.281 | -0.439 | .416 |
Having children would limit my life right now | 0.022 | -0.218 | 0.882 | 0.862 | 0.150 | 0.052 | .763 |
An unplanned pregnancy would hinder me in my current life | 0.019 | -0.173 | 0.801 | 0.789 | 0.075 | -0.014 | .628 |
Childbearing does not fit into my life right now | -0.098 | -0.271 | 0.790 | 0.806 | 0.035 | -0.004 | .663 |
Taking responsibility for a child does not fit into my current life | -0.130 | -0.238 | 0.782 | 0.819 | -0.117 | -0.141 | .688 |
Having children would limit my leisure time activities | -0.096 | -0.254 | 0.715 | 0.731 | 0.034 | 0,002 | .548 |
I do not want to take responsibility as a mother now | -0.228 | -0.335 | 0.707 | 0.761 | -0.083 | -0.059 | .620 |
Having children would limit my career | 0.092 | -0.060 | 0.687 | 0.665 | 0.033 | -0.075 | .449 |
Being a mother would take too much of my own time | -0.319 | -0.418 | 0.626 | 0.697 | -0.065 | 0.006 | .569 |
Having children would limit my study opportunities | 0.169 | 0.068 | 0.623 | 0.595 | -0.057 | -0.191 | .393 |
Having children would limit socializing with my friends | 0.043 | -0.106 | 0.600 | 0.584 | 0.068 | -0.010 | .345 |
It is important for me to choose when to get pregnant | -0.007 | -0.044 | 0.595 | 0.616 | -0.196 | -0.253 | .416 |
It is important for me to have my own stable economy when I have children | 0.003 | 0.069 | 0.484 | 0.523 | -0.390 | -0.440 | .425 |
My fertility makes me feel communion with other women | -0.070 | 0.286 | -0.158 | -0.066 | -0.774 | -0.729 | .555 |
Being fertile is important for my identity as a woman | 0.158 | 0.417 | 0.099 | 0.134 | -0.667 | -0.743 | .574 |
It is important to me that the child is born in a nuclear family ie mother, father, children | 0.013 | 0.247 | 0.139 | 0.199 | -0.626 | -0.646 | .435 |
When I have children, my life must be prepared for living with children | 0.058 | 0.218 | 0.398 | 0.444 | -0.574 | -0.638 | .555 |
It is important for me to have a stable relationship when I have children | 0.056 | 0.276 | 0.041 | 0.085 | -0.546 | -0.573 | .332 |
Becoming a mother is important for my identity as a woman | 0.381 | 0.583 | 0.062 | 0.038 | -0.513 | -0.679 | .573 |