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. 2023 Jun 3:1–11. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s00737-023-01330-3

Table 1.

Sample characteristics and descriptive statistics for social support variables and postpartum outcomes

Percent
Race
 White 71.9%
 Black 18.1%
 Other 10.0%
Ethnicity
 Latinx 4.9%
 Non-Latinx 94.5%
Education
 No college 19.0%
 College or graduate education 81.0%
Relationship status
 Partnered 81.5%
 Single, divorced, or widowed 18.5%
Parity
 First pregnancy 56.9%
 Prior pregnancies 43.1%
Range Mean (SD)
SES −2.60–2.08 −.35 (.93)
Maternal age (years) 18.00–46.29 32.96 (4.49)
Pre-pandemic perceived social support 1-4 3.07 (.89)
Current pandemic perceived social support 6–42 35.94 (7.75)
Emotional social support 0–9 6.50 (2.51)
Practical social support 1–4 3.07 (.89)
Virtual interactions 1–4 3.04 (.84)
Postpartum depression (EPDS) 0–6 .59
Postpartum anxiety (GAD-7) 0–21 4.08
Impaired bonding (BIQ) 0–36 5.67

SES, socioeconnomoc status; EPDS, Edinburgh Depression Scale; GAD-7, Generalized Anxiety Scale-7; BIQ, Bonding Impairment Questionnaire. SES was a census-based neighborhood composite variable based on participant zip codes. The score was created from census-based geocoding of zip code–based variables (i.e., % residence in poverty, % married, median family income). The clinical cutoff for depression and anxiety scores was ≥10, and ≥12 was used for impaired bonding status. A total of 195 met screening criteria for postpartum depression; 78 met criteria for postpartum anxiety; 94 met criteria for impaired bonding