Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of study variables (N = 115).
| Variables | M or % | SD |
|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (1st trimester) | ||
| High food security | 49% | |
| Marginal food security | 18% | |
| Low food security | 21% | |
| Very low food security | 12% | |
| Outcome variables | ||
| Parenting stress (2 mo. postpartum) | 9.12 | 3.31 |
| Bonding (6 mo. postpartum) | 122.70 | 10.34 |
| Psychosocial variables | ||
| Depressive symptoms (3rd trimester) | 14.96 | 9.85 |
| Social support (2nd trimester) | 65.46 | 18.59 |
| Sociodemographic control variables | ||
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| White (reference) | 41% | |
| Black | 27% | |
| Hispanic | 13% | |
| American Indian | 18% | |
| Other race | 1% | |
| Education (in years) | 12.98 | 1.95 |
| Married or cohabiting | 61% | |
| Parity | 1.30 | 1.49 |