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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infancy. 2009;14(2):143–161. doi: 10.1080/15250000802706924

Table 1. Maternal Demographic and Diagnostic Data.

Variable NDEP DEP
N 37 18
Age of mother (years) 29.5 (5.1) 29.6 (6.3)
Age of infant (days) 285 (72.7) 309 (63.9)
Ethnicity
 white 24 (64.9%) 5 (27.7%)
 Latina 4 (10.8%) 10 (55.6%)
 African-American 4 (10.8%) 3 (16.7%)
 Asian 3 (8.1%) 0 (0.0%)
 Native-American 2 (5.4%) 0 (0.0%)
Marital status
 married 31 9
 single 6 9
Mother’s education 6.1 (1.7)a 4.9 (1.7)b
Family income 6.3 (2.3) 5.1 (2.5)
Number of children 1.5 (0.8) 1.8 (0.9)
BDI score 8.4 (7.5)a 26.2 (9.9)b

NDEP = non-depressed mother. DEP = depressed mother. Means labeled with different subscripts are significantly different from one another (p = .05). For family income, 5.0 = $21,000-$30,000, 6.0 = $31,000-$40,000, and 7.0 = $41,000-$50,000 .