Table 3.
Relation between depression and pregnancy outcome within subpopulations known to vary in amount of under-reporting of abortion
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No (%) exceeding depression cut-off score*
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Mean (SD) continuous depression score*
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| Subpopulation | Delivery group | Abortion group | χ2test | P value | Delivery group | Abortion group | t test | P value |
| Married white women (n=456) | 49/254 (19) | 33/202 (16) | 0.67 | 0.41 | 9.0 (8.8) | 8.1 (8.0) | 1.19 | 0.24 |
| Married black women (n=143) | 28/110 (25) | 8/33 (24) | 0.02 | 0.89 | 12.2 (9.3) | 10.7 (10.4) | 0.78 | 0.44 |
| Unmarried white women (n=106) | 5/32 (16) | 22/74 (30) | 2.34 | 0.13 | 10.7 (8.6) | 12.9 (11.2) | 0.99 | 0.32 |
| Unmarried black women (n=188) | 50/141 (35) | 18/47 (38) | 0.13 | 0.73 | 13.1 (9.4) | 13.9 (9.8) | 0.47 | 0.64 |
| Non-Catholics (n=834) | 162/528 (31) | 82/306 (27) | 1.41 | 0.24 | 12.3 (10.1) | 11.3 (10.1) | 1.26 | 0.21 |
| Catholics (n=410) | 56/237 (24) | 37/173 (21) | 0.29 | 0.59 | 10.8 (9.5) | 9.8 (9.4) | 1.14 | 0.25 |
*
Depression measured on Center for Epidemiological Studies depression scale. Pregnancy outcome coded 0 for delivery and 1 for abortion; higher scores indicate greater levels of depression. Cut-off score greater than 15.