Table 1.

Postpartum and control sample characteristics during study participation

	Mothers (n = 21)		Fathers (n = 21)		Women (n = 7)		Men (n = 7)
Characteristic	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Age (years)	26.8	4.8	29.1	5.1	25.8	3.5	27.7	3.2
Education (years)	15.3	3.5	15.7	3.8	17	3.0	18.7	3.6
Annual Household Income (thousand)	$56	$34	(same)	(same)	$52	$39	(same)	(same)
Characteristic	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
White	19	90.5	20	95.2	7	100	7	100
Black or Multiracial	2	9.5	1	4.8	-	-	-	-
*Family leave	12	57.1	1	4.8	-	-	-	-
*Fulltime	1	4.8	15	71.4	6	85.7	7	100
*Part-time	2	9.5	4	19.1	1	14.3	0	0
*Unemployed	6	28.6	1	4.8	-	-	-	-
Infant Characteristics	n	%	M	SD	-	-	-	-
Age at birth (weeks)	-	-	39.6	1.1	-	-	-	-
Age during study (weeks)	-	-	6.9	1.3	-	-	-	-
†Vaginal	14	66.6	-	-	-	-	-	-
†C-section	7	33.3	-	-	-	-	-	-
‡Breast	13	61.9	-	-	-	-	-	-
‡Formula	3	14.3	-	-	-	-	-	-
‡Breast & Formula	5	23.8	-	-	-	-	-	-

Note. One woman did not provide her age or education. Postpartum mothers were significantly younger than fathers (F [1, 20] = 5.01, p = .04, d = .46); they did not differ on years of education (p = .38). Control women were significantly younger than control men (F [1, 5] = 4.82, p = .08, d = .56); they did not differ on years of education (p = .13).

^*= work status;

^†= delivery method;

^‡= feeding method