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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Board Fam Med. 2014 Jan-Feb;27(1):10.3122/jabfm.2014.01.130126. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.01.130126

Table 3.

Odds of depressive symptoms by postpartum employment status and social support.

Women with partners n=651
All women n=700
AOR 95% CI P AOR 95% CI P
Postpartum employment
 Not employed 1.00 1.00
 Employed 0.35 0.14 0.87 0.023 0.35 0.16 0.79 0.011
Social support
 No high partner support 1.00
 High partner support 0.59 0.29 1.22 0.154
 No high other support 1.00
 High other support 0.40 0.20 0.81 0.011

Note: Models control for race/ethnicity, age, education, marital status, family income, baby's health status, parity, maternal depression in the first 8 weeks postpartum, and a count of postpartum physical symptoms. Models are weighted to be nationally representative.

AOR, Adjusted Odds Ratio; 95% CI, 95% Confidence Interval.