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Table 1 Sociodemographic factors and negative events during childhood of pregnant women who had EPDS scores below the cut-off score of 13 or equal to / over the cut-off

From: Parental divorce in childhood does not independently predict maternal depressive symptoms during pregnancy

 

EPDS < 13

EPDS ≥ 13

P-value of χ2 test

 

n (%)

n (%)

Parity

  

0.017

 Nullipara

1 377 (53.1%)

141 (45.9%)

 

 Multipara

1 215 (46.9%)

166 (54.1%)

 

Age

  

0.110

 ≤ 20 years

37 (1.5%)

8 (2.7%)

 

 21–25 years

311 (12.3%)

44 (14.6%)

 

 26–30

946 (37.4%)

95 (31.6%)

 

 31–35

909 (36.0%)

109 (36.2%)

 

 36–40

294 (11.6%)

38 (12.6%)

 

 ≥ 41 years

30 (1.2%)

7 (2.3%)

 

Socioeconomic status when the mother was aged 15 years or under

  

0.300

 Upper-level employee

709 (28.9%)

73 (25.8%)

 

 Lower-level employee or self-employed

1 051 (42.9%)

138 (48.8%)

 

 Manual worker

570 (23.2%)

60 (21.2%)

 

 Student, unemployed, pensioner or other

123 (5.0%)

12 (4.2%)

 

Parents divorced before age 18

  

0.064

 Yes

695 (27.3%)

97 (32.3%)

 

 No

1854 (72.7%)

203 (67.7%)

 

Witnessed domestic violence in childhood family (in example, between parents): highest value at age 0–18 years

  

< 0.001

 Never

1 998 (78.1%)

185 (61.7%)

 

 Very rarely

244 (9.5%)

38 (12.7%)

 

 Sometimes

196 (7.7%)

48 (16.0%)

 

 Often

84 (3.3%)

17 (5.7%)

 

 Very often

37 (1.5%)

12 (4.0%)

 

Serious conflicts in childhood family: highest value at age 0–18 years

  

< 0.001

 Never

1 322 (51.7%)

94 (31.5%)

 

 Very rarely

465 (18.2%)

58 (19.5%)

 

 Sometimes

439 (17.2%)

72 (24.2%)

 

 Often

249 (9.7%)

48 (16.1%)

 

 Very often

83 (3.2%)

26 (8.7%)

 
  1. Non-imputed data were used for all calculations