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Table 3 Interaction effects between relationship satisfaction and 10 predictors on maternal emotional distress; main effects (b) for various strata with low or high relationship satisfaction.

From: Partner relationship satisfaction and maternal emotional distress in early pregnancy

Relationship

satisfaction

Frequent

moving

(0-4)

Somatic

disease

(SD scored)

Maternal

smoking

(0,1)

Family

income

(0-12)

Irregular

working

hours

(0,1)

Dissatisfaction

at work

(0-9)

Work

stress

(0-9)

Mother on

sick leave

(0,1)

Low (lower 10%)

0.09

0.13

0.23

-0.02

0.13

0.08

0.06

0.18

Moderate (23%)

0.06

0.11

0.08

-0.03

0.11

0.08

0.05

0.18

Moderately high (29%)

0.05

0.10

0.11

-0.03

0.12

0.08

0.06

0.19

High (upper 38%)

0.03

0.10

0.13

-0.03

0.08

0.06

0.04

0.15

Significance, p

< 0.001

0.002

0.002

0.003

0.006

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.037

  1. No significant interaction effect (p > 0.05) was found for 'Mother unemployed × Relationship satisfaction' and 'Maternal alcohol problems the last year × Relationship satisfaction'.