Do social support and antepartum depression predict parenting decision in unmarried pregnant women in Korea?

This study aimed to understand predictive factors of the parenting decision of unmarried pregnant women. The participants were 115 unmarried pregnant women in 15 unmarried mother-child facilities throughout Korea. The data were collected using structured questionnaires from January to April 2015. Average scores, standard deviation, t-test and bi-normal logistic regression analysis were used for data analysis using SPSS 20.0 Program. The results confirmed the following predictive factors of the parenting decision in cases where the unmarried pregnant women: (a) did not experience subjective financial plight; (b) had more than two pregnancies; (c) received agreement from the baby’s father on childbirth; (d) kept in touch with the baby’s father; (e) received friends’ approval, and (f) experienced high antenatal depression. These results will be able to provide primary data for developing and applying practical nursing interventions for unmarried pregnant women who decide to raise their children.