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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study, 1999-2008

From: Adult physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and postpartum depression, a population based, prospective study of 53,065 women in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study

 

Any adult abuse

 

Yes (10267)

No (42798)

 

No.

%

No.

%

PPD

    

  No

8370

82

38979

91

  Yes

1897

19

3819

9

  *n

10267

100

42798

100

Age in years

    

  14-19

95

1

577

1

  20-24

1145

11

5162

12

  25-29

3325

32

16012

37

  30-34

4323

42

17291

40

  ≥35

1378

13

3756

9

  n

10266

100

42798

100

Education

    

  Primary (9yrs)

324

3

838

2

  Secondary (12yrs)

3493

36

12114

29

  Higher ≤ 4 yrs

5141

52

25852

63

  Higher > 4yrs

893

9

2584

6

  n

9851

100

41389

100

Living with partner

    

  Yes

9633

95

41656

98

  No

564

6

923

2

  n

10197

100

42579

100

Parity

    

  0

5066

49

22158

52

  1+

5201

51

20640

48

  n

10267

100

42798

100

Any child abuse

    

  no

7091

69

36264

85

  yes

3176

31

6534

15

  n

10267

100

42798

100

Prior depression

    

  no

8928

87

40795

95

  yes

1339

13

2003

5

  n

10267

100

42798

100

Social support

    

  no

368

4

1396

3

  yes

9564

96

39882

97

  n

9932

100

41278

100

  1. *n vary according to numbers of missing values within the different variables. N = 53,065.