Table 1 Characteristics of study participants stratified by marital status
Factors | Marital status | Â | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-partnered (n = 112,443 women) | Partnered (n = 486,156 women) | Total (598,599 women) | ||
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p-value A | |
Age (mean ± SD) | 26.0 ± 6.6 | 30.4 ± 5.2 | 29.6 ± 5.8 |  < 0.001 |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | p-value B | |
Remoteness | ||||
  Major cities | 63,309 (57.2) | 335,633 (69.8) | 398,942 (67.44) |  < 0.001 |
  Inner regional | 33,119 (29.9) | 107,812 (22.4) | 140,931 (23.83) | |
  Out regional and remote | 14,321 (12.9) | 37,328 (7.8) | 51,649 (8.73) | |
Socio-economic disadvantage | ||||
  1st quintile (least disadvantaged) | 12,112 (10.9) | 110,531 (23.0) | 122,643 (20.73) |  < 0.001 |
  2nd quintile | 17,515 (15.8) | 100,915 (21.0) | 118,430 (20.02) | |
  3rd quintile | 21,867 (19.7) | 89,191 (18.6) | 111,058 (18.77) | |
  4th quintile | 27,937 (25.2) | 82,829 (17.2) | 110,766 (18.73) | |
  5th quintile (most disadvantaged) | 31,318 (28.3) | 97,307 (20.2) | 128,625 (21.74) | |
Smoking status | ||||
  No | 68,158 (65.5) | 407,654 (91.3) | 475,812 (86.45) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 35,839 (34.5) | 38,766 (8.7) | 74,605 (18.38) | |
Country of birth | ||||
  Australia | 92,340 (82.1) | 313,478 (64.5) | 405,818 (67.79) |  < 0.001 |
  Other countries | 20,103 (17.9) | 172,678 (35.5) | 192,781 (33.21) | |
Indigenous status | ||||
  No | 103,010 (92.3) | 477,410 (98.9) | 580,420 (97.67) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 8,632 (7.7) | 5,212 (1.1) | 13,844 (4.54) | |
Insurance status | ||||
  No cover | 77,104 (88.4) | 228,032 (56.6) | 305,136 (62.26) |  < 0.001 |
  Basic cover | 3,352 (3.8) | 44,845 (11.1) | 48,197 (9.83) | |
  Full cover | 6,542 (7.5) | 128,679 (31.9) | 135,221 (27.59) | |
  Ancillary cover only | 199 (0.2) | 1,346 (0.3) | 1,545 (0.32) | |
Depressive disorders | ||||
  No/not stated | 112,336 (99.9) | 486,022 (99.9) | 598,358 (99.96) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 107 (0.1) | 134 (0.03) | 241 (0.04) | |
Anxiety disorder | ||||
  No/not stated | 112,400 (99.9) | 486,092 (99.9) | 598,492 (99.98) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 43 (0.04) | 64 (0.01) | 107 (0.02) | |
Presence of self-harm | ||||
  No/not stated | 173,431 (99) | 687,559 (99.6) | 860,990 (99.50) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 1,770 (1.0) | 2,589 (0.4) | 4,359 (0.50) | |
Gestational diabetes | ||||
  No/not stated | 108,448 (96.5) | 460,132 (94.7) | 568,580 (94.99) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 3,995 (3.6) | 26,024 (5.4) | 30,019 (5.01) | |
Gestational hypertension | ||||
  No/not stated | 45,501 (96.2) | 206,355 (95.0) | 251,856 (95.18) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 1,803 (3.8) | 10,952 (5.0) | 12,755 (4.82) | |
Pre-eclampsia | ||||
  No/not stated | 45,986 (97.2) | 211,944 (97.5) | 257,930 (97.48) |  < 0.001 |
  Yes | 1,318 (2.8) | 5,363 (2.5) | 6,681 (2.52) | |