Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Mothers across Eating Disorder Subtype

Characteristic	Entire Sample N(%)	AN N(%)	BN N(%)	BED N(%)	No ED N(%)	F (df)	p value
Age at Childbirth						3.69	<.01
						(3, 13 002)
<25	1604	5	16	75	1360
	(11.30)	(29.41)	(16.33)	(11.83)	(11.10)
25–29	4971	9	24	213	4339
	(35.03)	(52.94)	(24.49)	(33.60)	(35.40)
30–34	5395	3	38	253	684
	(38.02)	(17.65)	(38.78)	(39.90)	(38.21)
35+	2219	0	20	93	1874
	(15.64)	(0.00)	(20.40)	(14.67)	(15.29)
Parity						4.39	< .004
						(3, 13 002)
0	6677	11	41	268	5845
	(47.06)	(64.71)	(41.84)	(42.27)	(47.69)
1	4791	5	33	223	4147
	(33.76)	(29.41)	(33.67)	(35.17)	(33.83)
2+	2721	1	24	143	2265
	(19.18)	(5.88)	(24.49)	(22.56)	(15.08)
Pre-pregnancy Body Mass Index (BMI)						26.25	<.0001
						(3, 13 005)
<18.50	1451	4	7	66	1233
	(10.23)	(23.53)	(7.14)	(10.41)	(10.06)
18.50–24.99	7723	12	52	256	6777
	(54.53)	(70.59)	(53.06)	(40.38)	(55.29)
25.00–29.99	3495	1	20	169	3019
	(24.63)	(5.88)	(20.41)	(26.66)	(24.63)
≥30.00	1520	0	19	143	1228
	(10.71)	(0.00)	(19.39)	(25.56)	(10.02)
Partnered Status						--------	ns
Married	8581	9	54	351	7489
	(64.08)	(56.25)	(56.84)	(59.19)	(64.66)
Cohabitating	4076	6	33	203	3482
	(30.44)	(37.50)	(34.74)	(34.23)	(30.06)
Unmarried/single	478	1	6	25	397
	(3.57)	(6.25)	(6.32)	(4.22)	(3.43)
Divorced/Separated/ Widowed	206	0	1	13	170
	(1.54)	(0.00)	(1.05)	(2.19)	(1.47)
Other	51	0	1	1	44
	(0.38)	(0.00)	(1.05)	(0.17)	(0.38)
Educational Status						9.77	< .001
						(3, 12 365)
<3 years high school	1117	1	9	66	880
	(8.28)	(7.14)	(9.90)	(11.09)	(7.54)
Vocational high school	1914	3	17	95	1603
	(14.19)	(21.43)	(18.68)	(15.86)	(13.74)
3-year high school general studies, junior college	2348	5	17	117	1996
	(17.41)	(35.71)	(18.68)	(19.53)	(17.11)
Regional technical college/4-year university degree	5771	4	33	256	5062
	(42.79)	(28.57)	(36.26)	(42.74)	(43.39)
University, technical college, more than 4 years	2336	1	15	65	2124
	(17.32)	(7.14)	(16.48)	(10.85)	(18.21)