Table 2 Sample characteristics and attrition analysis of expectant fathers with comparison between fathers who completed both antenatal time points and fathers who dropped out in late pregnancy

Significance level with Bonferroni correction :0.05/5 = 0.01

Demographic Risk Factors

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

 Age

(18)

33.86

5.04

34.47

5.34

t (602) = −1.45, p = 0.15

N

%

N

%

 Marital Status

(3)

 Married/Cohabitating

281

45.18

331

53.22

χ² (1, N = 619) = .026, p = 0.87

 Divorce/Single

3

0.48

4

0.64

 Parity

(15)

 Primigravida

191

30.71

220

35.37

χ² (1, N = 607) = 0.52, p = 0.47

 Multigravida

85

13.67

111

17.85

 Education level

(2)

 Secondary or below

128

20.58

132

21.22

χ² (1, N = 620) = 2.12, p = 0.15

 Tertiary or above

156

25.08

204

32.80

 Family Income

(20)

 <20,000

46

7.40

57

9.16

χ² (2, N = 602) = 0.58, p = 0.75

 20,000-30,000

73

11.74

77

12.38

 >30,000

158

25.40

191

30.71

Significance level at Bonferroni correction :0.05/5 = 0.01

Psychosocial risk factors

 Planned/unplanned pregnancy

(7)

 Planned pregnancy

219

35.21

276

44.37

χ² (1, N = 615) = 1.69, p = 0.19

 Unplanned pregnancy

61

9.81

59

9.49

 Marital dissatisfaction

(12)

 Distressed with Marital

42

6.75

45

7.23

χ² (1, N = 610) = 0.34, p = 0.56

 Satisfied with Marital

235

37.78

288

46.30

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

 Self Esteem

(24)

20.71

4.60

21.43

4.50

t (598) = −1.95, p = 0.05

 Social Support

(14)

61.77

14.77

63.48

13.65

t (608) = −1.49, p = 0.14

 Work family conflict

(39)

30.63

11.90

30.36

11.70

t (583) = −1.95, p = 0.05

Maternal-related risk factor

Significance level at Bonferroni correction :0.05/2 = 0.025

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

 Partners’ depression

(68)

8.04

4.69

7.20

4.14

t (554) = 2.23, p = 0.026

 Partners’ anxiety

(71)

5.02

3.51

4.46

3.38

t (551) = 1.90, p = 0.058

Baseline Main outcome variables

 Mental health problems

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

 Anxiety

(18)

3.56

3.59

3.52

3.50

t (604) = .13, p = 0.90