Table 1.
Characteristics of mothers and children by maternal 9-month depression remission status
| Characteristics | Total | Maternal 9-month remission status |
Statisticsa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remitter | Relapser | Non-remitter | |||
| Mother | (n=76) | (n=43) | (n = 12) | (n=21) | |
| Age (years), mean (S.D.) | 40.6 (6.4) | 40.2 (7) | 42.5 (5.6) | 40.4 (5.5) | 0.62 |
| Education, n (%) | |||||
| Some high school or less | 15 (19.7) | 7 (16.3) | 5 (41.7) | 3 (14.3) | 8.26 |
| High school graduate | 18 (23.7) | 14 (32.6) | 1 (8.3) | 3 (14.3) | |
| Some college | 19 (25) | 10 (23.3) | 3 (25) | 6 (28.6) | |
| ≥College graduate | 24 (31.6) | 12 (27.9) | 3 (25) | 9 (42.9) | |
| Ethnicity, n (%)b | |||||
| White | 37 (48.7) | 16 (37.2) | 6 (50) | 15 (71.4) | 0.38 |
| Otherc | 39 (51.3) | 27 (62.8) | 6 (50) | 6 (28.6) | |
| Marital status, n (%) | |||||
| Married with spouse | 33 (43.4) | 19 (44.2) | 6 (50) | 8 (38.1) | 0.46 |
| Single/divorced/separated | 43 (56.6) | 24 (55.8) | 6 (50) | 13 (61.9) | |
| Employment status, n (%) | |||||
| Employed full-time/part-time | 42 (55.3) | 23 (53.5) | 6 (50) | 13 (61.9) | 3.76 |
| Homemaker | 3 (3.9) | 3 (7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Full-time student/unemployed | 23 (30.3) | 13 (30.2) | 5 (41.7) | 5 (23.8) | |
| Other | 8 (10.5) | 4 (9.3) | 1 (8.3) | 3 (14.3) | |
| Receiving public assistance, n (%) | 28 (36.8) | 17 (39.5) | 6 (50) | 5 (23.8) | 3.12 |
| Household income, n (%) | |||||
| <US$15 K | 26 (34.2) | 17 (39.5) | 4 (33.3) | 5 (23.8) | 2.53 |
| US$15–US39 K | 12 (15.8) | 6 (14) | 3 (25) | 3 (14.3) | |
| >US$40 K | 35 (46.1) | 18 (41.9) | 5 (41.7) | 12 (57.1) | |
| Children per family, mean (S.D.) | 1.8 (0.9) | 1.8 (1) | 2 (1) | 1.6 (0.7) | 0.62 |
| Clinical characteristics | |||||
| HAMD-17, mean (S.D.) | 21.8 (4.4) | 21.8 (4.6) | 23 (4.4) | 21 (4.1) | 0.74 |
| MDD severity (current), n (%)d | |||||
| Mild | 4 (5.3) | 3 (7) | 0 (0) | 1 (4.8) | 3.29 |
| Moderate | 26 (34.2) | 12 (27.9) | 4 (33.3) | 10 (47.6) | |
| Severe | 46 (60.5) | 28 (65.1) | 8 (66.7) | 10 (47.6) | |
| Any anxiety disorder, n (%)b | 27 (35.5) | 20 (46.5) | 1 (8.3) | 6 (28.6) | 4.82 |
| Child | (n = 135) | (n=77) | (n=24) | (n=34) | |
| Age (years), mean (S.D.) | 11.8 (3.3) | 11.8 (3.3) | 11.7 (3.6) | 12 (3.3) | 0.09 |
| Living status, n (%) | |||||
| Two-parent householde | 77 (57) | 44 (57.1) | 12 (50) | 21 (61.8) | 0.8 |
| Mother only | 58 (43) | 33 (42.9) | 12 (50) | 13 (38.2) | |
| Female, n (%) | 62 (45.9) | 37 (48.1) | 10 (41.7) | 15 (44.1) | 0.36 |
| Education, n (%) | |||||
| Grade 1–6 | 64 (47.4) | 38 (49.4) | 10 (41.7) | 16 (47.1) | 0.44 |
| Above 6th grade | 71 (52.6) | 39 (50.6) | 14 (58.3) | 18 (52.9) | |
| Ever received treatment, n (%) | 34 (25.2) | 17 (22.1) | 4 (16.7) | 13 (38.2) | 4.39 |
HAMD-17, 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; MDE, major depressive episode; MDD, major depressive disorder; S.D., standard deviation.
Numbers vary due to missing data.
a
t statistics for age comparisons, and χ2 statistics or Fisher’s exact test for all other comparisons.
b
Cochran–Mantel–Haenszel test statistic reported after adjusting for site.
c
Includes 34 Hispanics, two African Americans, one American Indian, one parent who identified as more than one race, and one unknown.
d
Severity defined as mild (HAMD-17<14), moderate (14 ≤ HAMD-17 ≤21) or severe (HAMD-17 ≥22).
e
Includes any combination of biological, adopted, or step mother and father.