Table 1. Descriptive Statistics and the Associations with Depressive Symptoms, Smoking in Pregnancy, and Recent Alcohol Use.
Independent Variables | Total n=4,454 (100%) No. (%) | CES-D ≥ 23 n=959 (22%) No. (%) | P | Current Smoking n=977 (22%) No. (%) | P | Alcohol Use in Prev 12 Months n=1561 (35%) No. (%) | P |
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Demographics | |||||||
Age (yr), mean(SD) | 24.4 (5.8) | 24.4(5.7) | 0.880 | 25.5 (5.6) | <0.001 | 24.9 (5.6) | <0.001 |
Annual income, mean(SD) | 9,241(10,000) | 9,393.3 (10324.9) | 0.630 | 9,800 (11,000) | 0.059 | 10,700 (10,721) | <0.001 |
Education | |||||||
>High school | 822(19) | 150(16) | 0.001 | 90 (9) | <0.001 | 304 (20) | <0.001 |
High school/GED* | 1,966 (44) | 403(42) | 390 (40) | 720 (46) | |||
<High school | 1,010 (23) | 149(16) | 365 (37) | 370 (24) | |||
Still in high school | 656 (15) | 259(27) | 132 (14) | 167 (11) | |||
Foreign Born | 1,007 (23) | 192(20) | 0.029 | 75 (7.7) | <0.001 | 236 (15) | <0.001 |
Single | 3,351 (75) | 779(81) | <0.001 | 807 (83) | <0.001 | 1237 (79) | <0.001 |
Race/Ethnicity | |||||||
Black (non-Hispanic) | 3,002 (67) | 678(71) | 0.022 | 623 (64) | <0.001 | 1057 (68) | <0.001 |
White (non-Hispanic) | 410 (9) | 92(10) | 209 (21) | 232 (15) | |||
Latina/Hispanic | 915 (21) | 163(17) | 127 (13) | 239 (15) | |||
Other | 132 (3) | 28(3) | 18 (1.8) | 33 (2) | |||
Parity | |||||||
0 | 1831 (41) | 366(38) | 0.001 | 322 (33) | <0.001 | 640 (41) | 0.807 |
1 | 1320 (30) | 438(46) | 266 (27) | 455 (29) | |||
2+ | 1308 (30) | 157(16) | 389 (40) | 466 (30) | |||
Objective Stress | |||||||
Low (0-2) | 1,483 (33) | 176(18) | <0.001 | 228 (23) | <0.001 | 461 (30) | <0.001 |
Moderate (3-4) | 1,422 (32) | 295(31) | 280 (29) | 471 (30) | |||
High (5-14) | 1,554 (35) | 490(51) | 469 (48) | 629 (40) | |||
Everyday Discrimination (ED) | |||||||
None or very little | 3343(75) | 575(60) | <0.001 | 654 (67) | <0.001 | 1075 (69) | <0.001 |
Moderate | 873(20) | 282(30) | 231 (24) | 380 (24) | |||
High | 238(5) | 102(11) | 92 (9) | 106 (7) | |||
Major Discrimination (MD) | |||||||
None | 3,665(82) | 705(73.5%) | <0.001 | 758 (78) | <0.001 | 1225 (79) | <0.001 |
One event | 678(15) | 210(21.9%) | 171 (18) | 279 (18) | |||
Two events | 111(3) | 44(4.6%) | 48 (5) | 57 (4) |
GED = General equivalency diploma.