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. 2012 Jul;10(4):320–329. doi: 10.1370/afm.1418

Table 2.

Demographic Characteristics of Enrolled Women

Characteristic All Usual-Care Women (n = 990) All Intervention Women (n = 1,353) Usual-Care Women With Elevated Depression Scorea (n = 255) Intervention Women With Elevated Depression Scorea (n = 399)
Age, mean y (SD) 26.7 (5.6) 26.1 (5.4) 26.8 (5.7) 25.6 (5.2)
Married, % 60 50 49 37
Living with partner, % 78 74 72 67
At least one other adult in household, % 90 87 86 81
Race: black, % 18 18 21 21
Ethnicity: Hispanic, % 14 18 13 19
Employed outside of home, % 45 48 42 43
Education >high school, % 56 49 50 43
Income >$50,000, % 40 35 33 24
Primiparous, % 37 38 34 38
History of depression, % 32 29 56 46
Uninsured at 1st postpartum visit, % 8 5 9 4
Uninsured at 2 months postpartum, % 42 33 35 23

EPDS = Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; PHQ-9 = 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire.

a

Elevated depression score: EPDS ≥10 on a scale ranging from 0 to 30; or PHQ-9 of ≥10 on a scale ranging from 0 to 27.