Table 4.

Relationship of Unadjusted and Adjusted Unmet Social Support Scores: Multivariate Analysis

	Overall unmet social support scores (p value)				Informational unmet social support scores (p value)				Emotional unmet social support scores (p value)				Instrumental unmet social support scores (p value)
Characteristic	Unadjusted means		Adjusted means		Unadjusted means		Adjusted means		Unadjusted means		Adjusted means		Unadjusted means		Adjusted means
Age
25	20.3	(0.525)	22.0	(0.597)	8.8	(0.433)	8.6	(0.422)	1.7	(0.273)	0.85	(0.405)
30	24.9		24.9		7.7		8.0		6.7		7.3
35	25.1		24.5		8.3		8.3		6.8		6.6
Postpartum weight change (baseline to 6 months)
Lost or maintained weight	23.1	(0.003)	24.2	(0.078)	8.6	(0.005)	9.1	(0.115)					10.2	(0.016)	10.3	(0.066)
Gained weight	31.2		29.4		11.6		11.0						12.6		12.2
Depressiona
No (<13)	25.7	(0.018)	25.2	(0.009)					5.0	(0.054)	4.8	(0.035)	10.8	(0.002)	10.6	(0.001)
Yes (≥13)	36.4		37.1						8.8		8.8		16.0		15.9
Education
High school or less	29.8	(0.067)	30.3	(0.128)	12.2	(0.045)	11.9	(0.203)
Some college	31.6		30.6		11.5		11.0
College graduate	24.5		24.1		8.9		9.1
Marital status
Married	25.2	(0.049)	24.4	(0.058)
Not married	31.4		33.1
Living arrangement
Lives with spouse	26.6	(0.744)	28.1	(0.040)									11.4	(0.367)	11.7	(0.018)
Lives with alone or with other adults	25.5		19.0										10.3		8.5
Race
White					8.9	(0.020)	9.1	(0.118)
Nonwhite					11.4		11.0
Household income
Up to $15,000–$30,000									8.0	(0.038)	7.6	(0.090)	13.5	(0.027)	13.5	(0.052)
$30,001–$60,000									4.4		5.0		11.2		11.2
$60,001 or more									4.4		4.3		10.1		10.0
Child care arrangement
Mother stays at home									4.6	(0.027)	4.4	(0.026)
Other arrangement									7.5		7.4

^aDepression scores from EPDS.²⁴