Parenting sense of competence and its predictors among primiparous women: a longitudinal study in China

Table 1 Participants’ characteristics and their associations with parenting sense of competence at 3 months postpartum

Variables	All subjects		Parenting Sense of Competence at 3 months postpartum		P
Variables	n	%	mean	SD	P
Total	743	100	70.18	12.33
Age					0.003
18–24	134	18.03	66.99	12.54
25–30	516	69.45	70.71	11.88
> 30	93	12.52	71.84	12.75
Education					0.108
Junior high school or below	61	8.21	67.64	10.40
Senior high school	108	14.54	68.62	10.53
Junior college	527	70.93	70.63	12.86
Master’s degree or higher	47	6.33	72.02	11.89
Employment status					< 0.001
Employed	477	64.20	68.05	12.20
Unemployed	266	35.80	71.37	12.25
Whether attended antenatal education					0.220
Yes	148	19.92	70.46	12.35
No	595	80.08	69.07	12.24
Self-rated sleep quality at 1 month postpartum					< 0.001
Good	155	20.86	70.46	12.35
Not good	588	79.14	69.07	12.24
Self-rated economic status at 1 month postpartum					< 0.001
Good	127	17.09	73.97	14.13
Not good	616	82.91	69.18	11.62
Self-rated health status at 1 month postpartum					< 0.001
Good	284	38.22	76.09	13.35
Not good	459	61.78	68.96	11.75
Family function at 1 month postpartum					< 0.001
Good family function	371	49.93	72.69	12.81
Serious family dysfunction	88	11.84	63.35	11.85
Moderate family dysfunction	284	38.22	67.72	10.20

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