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Table 1 Maternal socio-demographic characteristics

From: Correlates of poor mental health in early pregnancy in obese European women

Characteristic

Total

(N = 735)

Low wellbeinga

(n = 200)

High wellbeinga

(n = 535)

Age, years (M ± SD)

32.0 ± 5.4

31.3 ± 5.9

32.3 ± 5.2

BMI, kg/m 2 (median (IQR))

33.4 (31.4–36.6)

33.4 (31.7–36.9)

33.4 (31.3–36.6)

Pre-pregnancy BMI, kg/m 2 (median (IQR))

32.7 (30.5–35.8)

33.0 (30.9–35.7)

32.5 (30.2–35.8)

Ethnicity, European descent (n (%))

638 (86.8)

160 (80.0)

478 (89.3)

Education (n (%), total = 734)

   

 Low (no qualification/intermediate)

89 (12.1)

28 (14.0)

61 (11.4)

 Medium (higher school/apprenticeship)

233 (31.7)

75 (37.5)

158 (29.5)

 High (diploma/university)

412 (56.1)

96 (48.0)

316 (59.1)

Occupational status (n (%), total = 733)

   

 Home duties

63 (8.6)

21 (10.5)

42 (7.9)

 Unemployed/not able to work

109 (14.8)

37 (18.5)

72 (13.5)

 Working (fulltime/part-time/student)

561 (76.3)

141 (70.5)

420 (78.5)

Household composition, living with partner (n (%))

672 (91.4)

177 (88.5)

495 (92.5)

Marital status, with partner (n (%), total = 734)

690 (93.9)

179 (89.5)

511 (95.5)

Shift work, yes (n (%), total = 730)

149 (20.3)

52 (26.0)

97 (18.1)

  1. aBased on the World Health Organization Well-Being Index (WHO-5). Values ≤50 were considered as low wellbeing (poor maternal mental health), values >50 as high wellbeing