Table 2.

Summary of Hierarchical Regression Analysis for Variables Predicting Maternal Depression (N =414)

	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3			Model 4			Model 5
Variable	B	SEB	β	B	SEB	β	B	SEB	β	B	SEB	β	B	SE(B)	β
Income-to-needs ratio	−.15	.51	−.02	.25	.50	.03	−.03	.50	−.00	−.13	.49	−.01	−.22	.48	−.03
Level of Education	−.72	.30	−.12*	−.66	.29	−.11*	−.70	.29	−.12*	−.56	.28	−.09*	−.54	.28	−.09*
Marital Status	−1.00	.95	−.05	−1.00	.91	−.05	−.77	.90	−.04	−.07	.89	−.00	.11	.88	.01
Number of children in household under 5	.02	.55	.00	−.03	.54	−.00	−.09	.53	−.00	−.08	.52	−.01	−.14	.51	−.01
Previous depression	.44	.04	.47***	.36	.04	.39***	.35	.04	.37***	.29	.04	.30***	.26	.04	.27***
Employment status	−2.25	.95	−.12*	−2.37	.92	−.12*	−2.35	.91	−.12**	−2.21	.89	−.12*	−2.08	.87	−.11*
Total work hours per week	.02	.05	.02	.02	.05	.01	.02	.05	.02	−.00	.05	−.00	−.01	.05	−.01
Economic strain				1.54	.41	.17***	1.47	.40	.16***	1.10	.40	.12**	1.05	.39	.11**
Number of negative life events				.39	.09	.19***	.37	.09	.18***	.32	.09	.15***	.33	.09	.16***
Perceived racial discrimination							.16	.06	.12**	.15	.05	.11**	.14	.05	.11**
Optimism										−6.04	1.19	−.23***	−6.64	1.18	−.25***
Church-based social support										−.29	.48	−.02	.08	.48	.01
Optimism x Perceived racial discrimination													−.40	.15	−.10**
Church-based social support x Perceived racial discrimination													−.21	.06	−.14***
R2		0.25			0.31			0.32			0.36			0.39
F for change in R2					20.19***			8.06**			13.28***			10.17***

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001