Measures/Scales | Not Employed | Employed | Total | P value* |
---|---|---|---|---|
Partner support (among women with partners) | ||||
Components of social support from partner/husband (mean) | ||||
Mean emotional support | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | .652 |
Mean practical support | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 | .434 |
Mean affectionate support | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 | .782 |
Mean enjoyment support | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | .652 |
Partner support index (%) | ||||
Low (0–4) | 15.9 | 10.6 | 14.0 | |
Medium (5–8) | 19.1 | 19.9 | 19.4 | |
High (9–12) | 33.8 | 39.7 | 35.9 | |
Very high (13–16) | 31.3 | 29.9 | 30.8 | .565 |
Other support (among all women) | ||||
Components of social support from others (mean) | ||||
Mean emotional support | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | .242 |
Mean practical support | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.1 | .199 |
Mean affectionate support | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.1 | .347 |
Mean enjoyment support | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.1 | .336 |
Other support index (%) | ||||
Low (0–4) | 15.1 | 18.6 | 16.4 | |
Medium (5–8) | 35.0 | 33.4 | 34.4 | |
High (9–12) | 35.8 | 34.0 | 35.1 | |
Very high (13–16) | 14.1 | 14.1 | 14.1 | .873 |
Combined support (among women who answered both support questions) (%) | ||||
No high support | 23.0 | 20.7 | 22.2 | |
High partner support only | 27.1 | 29.0 | 27.8 | |
High other support only | 11.9 | 9.8 | 11.2 | |
High partner and other support | 38.0 | 40.6 | 38.9 | .886 |
Women who do not have partners are excluded from calculations related to partner support variables, resulting in a weighted n of 651 for those variables.
↵* Reported P values are from χ2 tests for categorical variables and adjusted Wald tests for continuous variables.