Table 2 Factors related to social support among mothers living in a house different from their house before the disaster (n = 215)
From: Factors associated with social support in child-rearing among mothers in post-disaster communities
Mental support | Mental/physical place of comfort | Child-rearing support | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Few (n = 107) | Many (n = 108) | p value | Few (n = 87) | Many (n = 128) | p value | Few (n = 106) | Many (n = 109) | p value | |||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||||
Sex of infant | |||||||||||||||
Male | 64 | 56.6 | 49 | 43.4 | 0.028 | 49 | 43.3 | 64 | 56.6 | 0.316 | 59 | 52.2 | 54 | 47.8 | 0.330 |
Female | 42 | 41.6 | 59 | 58.4 | 37 | 36.6 | 64 | 63.4 | 46 | 45.5 | 55 | 54.5 | |||
Age of infant (range 6 to 42 months) | |||||||||||||||
≤ 26 months | 54 | 51.4 | 51 | 48.6 | 0.682 | 48 | 45.7 | 57 | 54.3 | 0.105 | 58 | 55.2 | 47 | 44.8 | 0.076 |
≥ 27 months | 53 | 48.6 | 56 | 51.4 | 38 | 34.9 | 71 | 65.1 | 47 | 43.1 | 62 | 56.9 | |||
Mother’s age group | |||||||||||||||
20s | 26 | 43.3 | 34 | 56.7 | 0.501 | 25 | 41.7 | 35 | 58.3 | 0.958 | 28 | 46.7 | 32 | 53.3 | 0.214 |
30s | 70 | 52.2 | 64 | 47.8 | 54 | 40.3 | 80 | 59.7 | 71 | 53.0 | 63 | 47.0 | |||
40s | 11 | 52.4 | 10 | 47.6 | 8 | 38.1 | 13 | 61.9 | 7 | 33.3 | 14 | 66.7 | |||
Employment status | |||||||||||||||
Unemployed | 48 | 57.8 | 35 | 42.2 | 0.115 | 34 | 41.0 | 49 | 59.0 | 0.950 | 54 | 65.1 | 29 | 34.9 | 0.001 |
Irregular employment | 24 | 40.7 | 35 | 59.3 | 24 | 40.7 | 35 | 59.3 | 24 | 40.7 | 35 | 59.3 | |||
Regular employment | 33 | 47.1 | 37 | 52.9 | 27 | 38.6 | 43 | 61.4 | 26 | 37.1 | 44 | 62.9 | |||
Housing | |||||||||||||||
Non-independent housing | 51 | 53.1 | 45 | 46.9 | 0.343 | 43 | 44.8 | 53 | 55.2 | 0.215 | 58 | 60.4 | 38 | 39.6 | 0.003 |
Independent housing | 55 | 46.6 | 63 | 53.4 | 43 | 36.4 | 75 | 63.6 | 47 | 39.8 | 71 | 60.2 | |||
Household structure | |||||||||||||||
Nuclear household | 79 | 54.9 | 65 | 45.1 | 0.041 | 61 | 42.4 | 83 | 57.6 | 0.350 | 84 | 58.3 | 60 | 41.7 | < 0.001 |
Extended household | 28 | 40.0 | 42 | 60.0 | 25 | 35.7 | 45 | 64.3 | 22 | 31.4 | 48 | 68.6 | |||
Parent(s) living with infant | |||||||||||||||
Only mother | 4 | 50.0 | 4 | 50.0 | 0.634† | 3 | 37.5 | 5 | 62.5 | 0.597† | 2 | 25.0 | 6 | 75.0 | 0.149† |
Both (mother and father) | 102 | 49.8 | 103 | 50.2 | 82 | 40.0 | 123 | 60.0 | 103 | 50.2 | 102 | 49.8 | |||
Order of target infant in family living together | |||||||||||||||
First child | 57 | 47.9 | 62 | 52.1 | 0.542 | 55 | 46.2 | 64 | 53.8 | 0.055 | 63 | 52.9 | 56 | 47.1 | 0.234 |
Second child or more | 50 | 52.1 | 46 | 47.9 | 32 | 33.3 | 64 | 66.7 | 43 | 44.8 | 53 | 55.2 | |||
Support from relatives not living together | |||||||||||||||
No | 84 | 51.5 | 79 | 48.5 | 0.351 | 67 | 41.1 | 96 | 58.9 | 0.889 | 89 | 54.6 | 74 | 45.4 | 0.010 |
Yes | 22 | 44.0 | 28 | 56.0 | 20 | 40.0 | 30 | 60.0 | 17 | 34.0 | 33 | 66.0 | |||
Acquaintances in the neighborhood from before the disaster | |||||||||||||||
None | 48 | 53.9 | 41 | 46.1 | 0.304 | 45 | 50.6 | 44 | 49.4 | 0.011 | 61 | 68.5 | 28 | 31.5 | < 0.001 |
Yes | 59 | 46.8 | 67 | 53.2 | 42 | 33.3 | 84 | 66.7 | 45 | 35.7 | 81 | 64.3 | |||
Use of child support resources | |||||||||||||||
None | 13 | 48.1 | 14 | 51.9 | 0.878 | 17 | 63.0 | 10 | 37.0 | 0.010 | 12 | 44.4 | 15 | 55.6 | 0.607 |
At least one resource | 92 | 49.7 | 93 | 50.3 | 68 | 36.8 | 117 | 63.2 | 92 | 49.7 | 93 | 50.3 | |||
Perceived difficulties in child-rearing | |||||||||||||||
Yes | 69 | 57.0 | 52 | 43.0 | 0.015 | 61 | 50.4 | 60 | 49.6 | 0.001 | 74 | 61.2 | 47 | 38.8 | < 0.001 |
No | 38 | 40.4 | 56 | 59.6 | 26 | 27.7 | 68 | 72.3 | 32 | 34.0 | 62 | 66.0 | |||