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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2015 May 6;37(5):441–447. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2015.04.014

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and Reproductive Characteristics of the Study Population (N = 641)

Characteristics All participants (N= 641)
PHQ-9 Suicidal Ideation
No (N = 533)
Yes (N = 108)
P valuec
n % n % n %
Age (years) a 28.8 ± 6.5 28.7 ± 6.5 29.0 ± 6.9 0.72
Age (years)
 18–20 19 3.0 11 2.1 8 7.4 0.02
 20–29 341 53.2 290 54.4 51 47.2
 30–34 145 22.6 120 22.5 25 23.1
 ≥35 136 21.2 112 21 24 22.2
Education (years)
 ≤6 26 4.1 17 3.2 9 8.3 0.01
 7–12 330 51.5 269 50.5 61 56.5
 >12 284 44.3 246 46.2 38 35.2
Mestizo 477 74.4 397 74.5 80 74.1 0.93
Married/living with a partner 511 79.7 431 80.9 80 74.1 0.13
Employed 317 49.5 268 50.3 49 45.4 0.35
Access to basic foods
 Hard 313 48.8 247 46.3 66 61.1 0.005
 Not very hard 328 51.2 286 53.7 42 38.9
Nulliparous 296 46.2 251 47.1 45 41.7 0.27
Planned pregnancy 262 40.9 227 42.6 35 32.4 0.07
Gestational age at interview a 9.1 ± 3.6 9.1 ± 3.5 9.5 ± 3.8 0.27
Self-reported health (last year)
 Good 434 67.7 371 69.6 63 58.3 0.10
 Poor 198 30.9 159 29.8 39 36.1
Self-reported health status during pregnancy
 Good 191 29.8 177 33.2 14 13.0 <0.0001
 Poor 439 68.5 352 66.0 87 80.6
Overall sleep quality <0.0001
 Good (PSQI global score ≤ 5) 458 71.5 401 75.2 57 52.8
 Poor (PSQI global score > 5) 183 28.6 132 24.8 51 47.2
Depression b 146 22.8 102 19.1 44 40.1 <0.0001
Any lifetime sexual or physical abuse by intimate partner
 No 425 66.3 378 70.9 47 43.5 <0.0001
 Yes 213 33.2 154 28.9 59 54.6
Any childhood physical or sexual abuse
 No 162 25.3 152 28.5 10 9.3 <0.0001
 Yes 472 73.6 376 70.5 96 88.9

Due to missing data, percentages may not add up to 100%.

Abbreviations: PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9

a

: Mean ± SD (standard deviation)

b

: Depression was defined as the PHQ-8 score ≥ 10.

c

: For continuous variables, P-value calculated using Student’s t test; for categorical variables, P-value was calculated using Chi-square test or Fisher exact test.