Table 1. Demographics.
| Variable | Total Sample (n = 226) |
Intervention (n = 114) |
Control (n = 112) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal age | 26.0 (5.7) | 26.3 (5.9) | 25.8 (5.6) | .523 |
| Education (years of school) | 11.9 (2.2) | 12.0 (2.3) | 11.7 (2.1) | .393 |
| Work Status | ||||
| Working full- or part-time | 96 (43%) | 52 (46%) | 44 (39%) | .362 |
| In school | 43 (19%) | 23 (20%) | 20 (18%) | |
| Ethnicity | .491 | |||
| Black/African American | 147 (61%) | 73 (64%) | 64 (57%) | |
| White | 65 (27%) | 30 (26%) | 31 (28%) | |
| Mixed/Native American/Native | 19 (8%) | 8 (7%) | 10 (9%) | |
| Hawaiian/Pacific Islander/Asian | 10 (4%) | 3 (3%) | 7 (6%) | |
| Unreported | ||||
| Living without spouse or partner | 140 (63%) | 67 (60%) | 73 (65%) | .457 |
| Self-reported Maternal health as poor or | ||||
| fair (1 question MOS-SF-12) | 121 (54%) | 61 (54%) | 60 (54%) | .993 |
| Maternal CES-D score | 26.5 (12.2) | 26.1 (12.4) | 26.9 (12.1) | .598 |
| Maternal HRSD | 16.2 (7.7) | 16.8 (7.8) | 15.7 (7.6) | .309 |
| Depression Status | .429 | |||
| Maternal Diagnosis MDE* | 55 (24%) | 28 (25%) | 27 (24%) | |
| Minor Depression‡ | 80 (35%) | 36 (32%) | 44 (39%) | |
| Child age (months) | 24.9 (13.5) | 24.7 (13.7) | 25.0 (13.4) | .861 |
| Child female gender | 117 (52%) | 62 (54%) | 55 (49%) | .427 |
| Children with chronic health condition, | ||||
| disability, developmental lag, behavioral issues |
127 (56%) | 66 (58%) | 61 (54%) | .603 |
| Number of children in household 5 years | ||||
| old and under (including study child) | 1.8 (0.8) | 1.7 (0.8) | 1.9 (0.8) | .072 |
Notes. Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding. The p-value reflects extent of random imbalance between Intervention and Control groups.
MOS-SF-12 = 12-item short form survey from the Medical Outcomes Study, CES-D = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, HRSD = Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, MDE = Major Depressive Episode
*
Reported or observed to have 5 or more symptoms of MDE, including sad mood or anhedonia that met sufficient intensity and duration thresholds during the same 2-week period
‡
at least 2 but fewer than 5 symptoms of MDE including significant sad mood or anhedonia that met sufficient intensity and duration thresholds during the same 2-week period (American Psychiatric Association, 2000).