Table 3.

Race, Depressive Symptoms, and Situational Factors

	White		African American		Hispanic
Situational Factors	Not Depressed	Depressed	Not Depressed	Depressed	Not Depressed	Depressed
Physical symptoms (0–8)	4.3	4.6†	3.9	4.8*	4.1	4.8*
Physical function limitations (4–10)	7.0	7.6†	6.5	7.1	6.3	6.9†
Infant colic (1–3)	1.1	1.3†	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.4*
Criticism (1–4)	1.2	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.1	1.3
Infant-related demands (3–15)	12.0	11.9	13.4	13.7	13.6	13.7
Social support (5–25)	21.4	20.4*	20.2	18.2†	20.4	17.8*
Self-efficacy (5–25)	16.1	13.8*	18.7	16.4*	18.0	15.7*
Access (0–15)	12.0	11.8	9.3	9.3	9.8	8.6†
Trust (1–5)	4.8	4.6*	4.5	4.6	4.5	4.3*

Values are mean scores. The numbers in parentheses are the range for each scale.

^*P < .01.

^†P < .05.