Table 1.
Demographics and service characteristics of first time mothers in treatment (N = 64) and comparison (N = 241) groups
| Variable | Treatment group M (SD) or N (%) |
Comparison group M (SD) or N (%) |
t or x2 | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mother’s age | 22.57 (4.96) | 20.15 (4.18) | 3.94 | <0.001 |
| Baseline BDI-II | 31.69 (7.45) | 27.73 (7.04) | 3.95 | <0.001 |
| Race | ||||
| Caucasian | 37 (57.1%) | 171 (70.8%) | 8.03 | <0.05 |
| African American | 24 (38.1%) | 67 (27.9%) | ||
| Latin American | 2 (3.2%) | 3 (1.3%) | ||
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 1 (1.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||
| Marital status | ||||
| Single, never married | 60 (93.7%) | 219 (90.9%) | 0.85 | ns |
| Married | 4 (6.3%) | 20 (8.3%) | ||
| Divorced | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (0.8%) | ||
| Education | ||||
| Less than HS | 18 (28.2%) | 123 (50.9%) | 16.16 | <0.01 |
| HS graduate or GED | 21 (32.8%) | 76 (31.6%) | ||
| Partial college | 23 (35.9%) | 38 (15.8%) | ||
| College graduate | 2 (3.1%) | 4 (1.8%) | ||
| Home visitation model | ||||
| HFA | 55 (85.9%) | 198 (82.2%) | 0.51 | ns |
| NFP | 9 (14.1%) | 43 (17.8%) | ||
| Low income | ||||
| Yes | 57 (89.1%) | 219 (90.8%) | 0.00 | ns |
| No | 7 (10.9%) | 22 (9.2%) | ||