Table 1.

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Mothers by Past-Year Depression Status: National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, 2001–2002

	Mothers by past-year depression
	No (n=8008, 89.8%)		Yes (n=908, 10.2%)
	%	n	%	n	p value
Age					<0.01
18–24	85.70	856	14.30	131
25–34	88.07	2615	11.93	345
35–44	90.87	3179	9.13	311
45+	92.31	1358	7.69	121
Race/ethnicity					<0.01
White	88.54	3582	11.46	481
Black	91.36	1899	8.64	177
Native American	81.83	118	18.17	31
Asian/Hawaiin/Pacific Islander	93.62	260	6.38	17
Hispanic	92.92	2149	7.08	202
Education					<0.01
<High school	86.87	1370	13.13	175
Completed high school	88.81	2267	11.19	279
Some college	88.96	2608	11.04	327
Completed 4-year college+	93.28	1763	6.72	127
Marital status					<0.01
Married	91.34	4806	8.66	425
Living together	87.47	312	12.53	34
Widowed	86.70	151	13.30	22
Divorced or separated	83.12	1410	16.88	257
Never married	88.00	1329	12.00	170
Household income					<0.01
Lowest quartile (<$20,000)	85.20	2019	14.80	334
Mid-low quartile ($20,000–39,999)	88.96	2239	11.04	245
Mid-high quartile ($40,000–69,999)	89.72	1965	10.28	205
Highest quartile (>$70,000)	93.44	1785	6.56	124
Current employment status					<0.01
Employed full-time	91.95	4162	8.05	368
Employed part-time	89.75	1230	10.25	150
Unemployed	75.44	650	24.56	184
Retired or other	89.87	1966	10.13	206
Nativity					<0.01
Foreign-born	95.29	1801	4.71	107
U.S.-born	88.47	6184	11.53	801
Number of children					0.37
One	89.80	3121	10.20	365
Two	89.75	2952	10.25	318
Three	90.57	1327	9.43	140
Four+	86.81	608	13.19	85
Age of child(ren)a
<1	85.31	352	14.69	54	0.07
1–4	89.03	3113	10.97	369	0.21
5–12	90.08	4993	9.92	542	0.25
13–15	89.78	2190	10.22	250	0.90
16–17	89.59	1388	10.41	163	0.91

Weighted percentages and actual sample sizes are presented.

Chi-square p values account for the weighted sample.

^aCategories are not mutually exclusive for mothers who have children in more than one age group.