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Table 3 Descriptive statistics and correlations between variables for participants who identified as male parents (above the diagonal) and female parents (below the diagonal)

From: It’s just a breast: an examination of the effects of sexualization, sexism, and breastfeeding familiarity on evaluations of public breastfeeding

 

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

 
  1. Note. Descriptive statistics are for the full sub-sample of parents. Gender coded: male = 0, female = 1
  2. *p ≤ .05, **p ≤ .01, *** p ≤ .001
  3. 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