Table 3 Effect of single motherhood on perceived psychosocial stress
From: The effect of psychosocial stress on single mothers’ smoking
Single mothers | Partnered mothers | Single motherhood | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High psychosocial stress due to…. | % | n | % | n | OR | CI 95% |
financial worries | 51.9 | 261 | 23.1 | 575 | 3.55 | 2.89-3.58 |
career situation/unemployment | 38.5 | 193 | 17.7 | 441 | 2.89 | 2.34-3.58 |
conflicts with the partner or ex-partner | 29.4 | 148 | 13.9 | 346 | 2.71 | 2.15-3.41 |
household requirements | 29.5 | 148 | 25.0 | 623 | 1.45 | 1.17-1.81 |
family demands | 34.1 | 171 | 29.9 | 726 | 1.51 | 1.22-1.86 |
sole responsibility for the child/ren | 56.4 | 238 | 15.1 | 376 | 8.03 | 6.48-9.99 |
a disabled or chronically ill child | 5.8 | 29 | 4.6 | 114 | 1.30 | 0.85-2.00 |
child-rearing difficulties | 28.3 | 142 | 17.2 | 428 | 1.91 | 1.53-2.40 |
a family member in need of care | 6.0 | 30 | 6.5 | 160 | 0.93 | 0.62-1.41 |
balancing family and job demands | 27.5 | 139 | 15.3 | 380 | 2.36 | 1.82-2.90 |
conflicts with other family members | 12.0 | 60 | 11.8 | 294 | 1.03 | 0.76-1.39 |
unwanted living alone/loneliness | 31.5 | 159 | 2.3 | 58 | 19.49 | 13.94-27.24 |
little recognition of family work | 25.6 | 129 | 15.8 | 354 | 1.88 | 1.48-2.38 |