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

Table 3 Generalised linear regression analysis of predictors of parenting sense of competence at 3 months postpartum

Variables	Estimate	SE	t	P
Constant	2.68	0.29	86.56	<0.001
Age^b	0.13	0.05	7.94	0.005
Educational level (Ref ^a: Junior high school or below)
Senior high school	0.04	0.10	0.18	0.669
Junior college	0.02	0.09	0.03	0.868
Master’s degree or higher	−0.06	0.13	0.23	0.635
Employment status^b (Ref: Employed)
Unemployed	0.10	0.05	3.84	0.050
Whether attended antenatal education (Ref: Yes)
No	−0.08	0.06	1.67	0.196
Self-rated sleep quality at 1 month postpartum (Ref: Good)
Not good	−0.07	0.06	1.11	0.293
Self-rated economic status at 1 month postpartum^b (Ref: Good)
Not good	−0.16	0.07	4.90	0.027
Self-rated health status at 1 month postpartum (Ref: Good)
Not good	−0.10	0.05	3.61	0.058
Family function at 1 month postpartum^b	0.37	0.05	63.19	<0.001
Type of delivery (Ref: Normal vaginal delivery)
Cesarean section	−0.02	0.05	0.15	0.696
Gender of infant (Ref: Male)
Female	−0.03	0.05	0.43	0.511
Gestational weeks of infant (Ref: < 37)
37–42	−0.07	0.12	0.31	0.576
Infant health status at 1 month postpartum^b (Ref: Good)
Not good	−0.26	0.10	7.28	0.007
Feeding patterns at 1 month postpartum^b (Ref: breastfeeding)
Mixed or formula feeding	−0.11	0.05	5.58	0.018
Parenting sense of competence at 1 month postpartum^b	0.35	0.06	32.93	<0.001

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