Table 2 Social and demographic predictors of mental health in a cohort of postpartum women exposed to Hurricane Katrina
From: Postpartum mental health after Hurricane Katrina: A cohort study
Depressive symptoms | PTSD symptoms | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | P | N | % | p | |
Overall | 53 | 18 | 38 | 13 | ||
Age | 0.74 | 0.74 | ||||
18–22 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 14 | ||
>22–28 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 16 | ||
>28–33 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 11 | ||
>33 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 12 | ||
Race | 0.01 | 0.03 | ||||
white | 28 | 15 | 19 | 10 | ||
black | 25 | 30 | 18 | 22 | ||
other | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | ||
Education | <0.01 | 0.04 | ||||
< high school | 2 | 10 | 1 | 5 | ||
high school diploma | 21 | 36 | 12 | 20 | ||
some college/associates' degree | 14 | 17 | 15 | 18 | ||
college degree | 9 | 11 | 4 | 5 | ||
> college | 7 | 19 | 6 | 16 | ||
Parity | 0.54 | 0.48 | ||||
first child | 19 | 16 | 13 | 11 | ||
has other children | 34 | 20 | 25 | 14 | ||
Income | 0.20 | 0.09 | ||||
<$20000 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 18 | ||
$20000–$60000 | 30 | 22 | 21 | 15 | ||
>$60000 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 7 | ||
Marital status | <0.01 | 0.1 | ||||
married | 26 | 14 | 20 | 11 | ||
living with partner | 11 | 20 | 7 | 13 | ||
separated/divorced | 4 | 50 | 2 | 25 | ||
never married | 12 | 32 | 9 | 24 | ||