Table 3.

Unadjusted associations between participant characteristics and persistence of case level depressive symptoms (ie, restricted to cases at baseline) N=181

	n	Depression prevalence% (n)	ORs (CIs)	χ2 (df), p Value
Age				0.01 (1), p=0.97
18–22	49	51.0 (25)	Reference
23–25	51	54.9 (28)	1.17 (0.53 to 2.57)
26–29	32	31.3 (10)	0.44 (0.17 to 1.11)
30–44	49	57.1 (28)	1.28 (0.58 to 2.84)
Number of children				1.42 (1), p=0.71
0	85	50.6 (43)	Reference
1	58	48.3 (28)	0.91 (0.47 to 1.79)
≥2	39	51.3 (20)	1.03 (0.48 to 2.20)
Reported health of the baby				2.07 (1), p=0.15
Very good	73	45.2 (33)	Reference
Good	97	52.6 (51)	1.34 (0.73 to 2.47)
Average, bad, very good	11	63.6 (7)	2.12 (0.57 to 7.88)
Education duration (year)				2.70 (1), p=0.10
≤5	61	41.0 (25)	Reference
6–8	31	54.8 (17)	1.75 (0.73 to 4.18)
9–11	65	50.8 (33)	1.49 (0.73 to 3.01)
12≥	17	64.7 (11)	2.64 (0.86 to 8.08)
Family income (TRY)				1.60 (1), p=0.21
≤630	48	43.8 (21)	Reference
631–900	52	50.0 (26)	1.29 (0.59 to 2.83)
901–1400	46	45.7 (21)	1.08 (0.48 to 2.44)
1401–23 000	23	65.2 (15)	2.41 (0.86 to 6.75)
Physical health				0.11 (1), p=0.74
Very good	30	43.3 (13)	Reference
Good	99	55.6 (55)	1.64 (0.72 to 3.72)
Average/bad/very bad	53	43.4 (18)	1.00 (0.41 to 2.47)
Number of life events/stressors				4.78 (1), p=0.03*
0	56	41.1 (23)	Reference
1	44	52.3 (39)	1.57 (0.71 to 3.48)
2	26	42.3 (11)	1.05 (0.41 to 2.70)
3+	33	60.6 (20)	2.21 (0.92 to 5.31)
Emotional problems in the past				2.12 (1), p=0.14
No	56	39.3 (22)	Reference
Yes	123	55.3 (68)	1.91 (1.00 to 3.64)
Family structure				0.02 (1), p=0.88
Nuclear	119	49.6 (59)	Reference
Traditional	63	50.8 (32)	1.05 (0.57 to 1.94)