Table 2.
Adjusted CES-D Scores over Time by Maternal Depression Class
| Maternal Depression Class |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Age | Never Depressed | Early Decreasing |
Stable Subclinical |
Moderately Elevated |
Chronic |
| 1 month | 6.73 | 19.99 | 12.51 | 17.81 | 27.11 |
| 6 months | 4.39 | 23.09 | 9.69 | 12.99 | 28.75 |
| 15 months | 4.46 | 24.09 | 9.93 | 13.53 | 25.79 |
| 24 months | 4.71 | 14.50 | 9.98 | 20.05 | 29.31 |
| 36 months | 4.41 | 16.66 | 11.13 | 16.34 | 25.20 |
| 54 months | 4.96 | 11.46 | 11.73 | 18.86 | 27.24 |
| 7 years | 3.95 | 10.84 | 9.17 | 19.57 | 23.83 |
| 9 years | 4.53 | 12.14 | 9.80 | 19.47 | 24.97 |
| 11 years | 4.35 | 9.81 | 9.49 | 19.80 | 23.26 |
| 12 years | 4.58 | 11.26 | 10.04 | 17.80 | 24.99 |
Notes: Scores are adjusted for missing data via EM Algorithm-adjusted means and covariances. Scores are also adjusted by the following covariates: maternal education, race/ethnicity, maternal age, maternal health (at 1 month post-partum), study child birth order, marital status (at 1 month post-partum) and planned pregnancy (yes/no). N’s = 671, 59, 416, 145, and 66 respectively.