Development and validation of scales measuring individual, nursing unit, hospital, and community factors related to fertility intentions of female Japanese hospital nurses

Table 3 Husband/partner factors

Item		α**	Factor Loadings*		N	M	SD	Corrected ITC**
Item		α**	1	2	N	M	SD	Corrected ITC**
Q21-28	My husband/partner shares housework and childcare.	0.692	0.927	− 0.037	552	4.359	1.237	0.588
Q21-33	My husband/partner is good at housework and childcare.		0.647	0.096	554	3.845	1.341	0.556
Q21-29	Working condition of my husband/partner is not an obstacle when sharing housework or childcare.		0.485	− 0.102	555	3.241	1.399	0.243
Q21-31	I have a good relationship with my husband/partner.	0.558	− 0.010	0.920	553	4.675	1.108	0.537
Q21-32	My husband/partner desire a child.		− 0.126	0.491	551	4.093	1.632	0.207
Q21-36	My husband/partner and I often discuss co-working and my continuing to work		0.129	0.468	554	3.843	1.378	0.437

Factor Correlation Matrix*	Factor 1	Factor 2
Factor 1	1.000	0.519
Factor 2	0.519	1.000

Scale Scores	N	M	SD
Share of Housework and Childcare (Factor 1)	552	11.457	3.126
Relationship with Husband/Partner (Factor 2)	549	12.619	3.035
Whole Scale	547	24.082	5.036

	Fertility Intentions in Current Nursing Unit
	Low (1–3)			High (4–6)
Scale Scores	n	m	sd	n	m	sd	p***
Share of Housework and Childcare	215	11.451	3.368	293	11.451	3.009	0.499
Relationship with Husband/Partner	214	11.495	2.956	293	13.451	2.878	< 0.001
Whole Scale	212	22.934	5.142	293	24.901	4.873	< 0.001

	Fertility Intentions in Current Hospital
	Low (1–3)			High (4–6)
Scale Scores	n	m	sd	n	m	sd	p***
Share of Housework and Childcare	204	11.412	3.390	305	11.475	3.001	0.414
Relationship with Husband/Partner	204	11.500	3.007	304	13.385	2.864	< 0.001
Whole Scale	202	22.876	5.227	304	24.875	4.811	< 0.001

*Sub-sample A, n = 292, Maximum Likelihood method, promax rotation, KMO measure = 0.706, Bartlett’s test χ² = 402.368, df = 15, p<0.001
**Whole data, n = 547, Cronbach’s α = 0.679
***One-sided Welch’s t-test

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