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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Womens Ment Health. 2014 Jun 21;18(1):123–129. doi: 10.1007/s00737-014-0437-4

Table 1.

Sample Characteristics

Mean (SD)
Maternal age (years) 23.4 (4.8)
Gestational age (weeks)
   First data point 19.5 (2.5)
   Second data point 29.7 (3.1)
   Birth 38.6 (2.5)
Infant birth weight (grams) 3105 (690)
Multigravida 75%
Education
   % Less than High School 21%
   % High School Graduate 24%
   % Some College 44%
   % College Graduate 11%
Marital Status
   Single 84%
   Married 14%
   Separated 2%
Income less than 30,000 79%
Baby’s father involvement
   Not involved 11%
   Moderately involved 19%
   Fully involved 70%
State Anxiety (STAI)
   First data point 34.7 (11)
   Second data point 32.8 (10)
Depressive Symptoms (CESD)
   First data point 13 (8.6)
   Second data point 12 (9.0)
CESD score 16 or greater
   First data point 35%
   Second data point 33%

Note. STAI = State Trait Anxiety Inventory. CESD = Center for Epidemiology Studies – Depressive Scale