Table 2.
Sample characteristics (n = 8209)
| Europe
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USA
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| n | Median | Min | Max | n | Median | Min | Max | |
| Age at interview, years | 6575 | 33 | 15 | 68 | 1635 | 31 | 18 | 46 |
| Date of completion of EPDS, days after childbirtha | 4535 | 85 | 9 | 294 | 1625 | 37 | 0 | 365 |
| Race or ethnicity, n (%) | ||||||||
| Asian | 300 | (6.2) | 31 | (1.9) | ||||
| Black | 832 | (17.3) | 299 | (18.3) | ||||
| Latina-Hispanic | 0 | 41 | (2.5) | |||||
| White | 3687 | (76.5) | 1226 | (75.0) | ||||
| Other | 2 | (<0.1) | 38 | (2.3) | ||||
| Education attainment, n (%) | ||||||||
| 12 years or fewer | 2486 | (38.2) | 133 | (18.5) | ||||
| 13–16 years | 2548 | (39.1) | 351 | (48.9) | ||||
| Graduate or professional degree | 1475 | (22.7) | 234 | (32.6) | ||||
| Marital status, n (%) | ||||||||
| Married or live as married | 5648 | (87.5) | 1108 | (69.0) | ||||
| Lives alone: single, divorced, separated, widowed | 806 | (12.5) | 498 | (31.0) | ||||
| Design of the study in which the woman was recruited, n (%) | ||||||||
| Prospective | 4928 | (75.0) | 1626 | (99.4) | ||||
| Retrospective | 1646 | (25.0) | 9 | (0.6) | ||||
| Low-income status, n (%) | ||||||||
| Yes | 531 | (12.8) | 22 | (19.8) | ||||
| No | 3631 | (87.2) | 89 | (80.2) | ||||
Min, Minimum; max, maximum; EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.
a
Includes only prospectively evaluated women.