Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample at baseline who were followed or not at the fourth examination
| Baseline characteristics | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All participants (n = 730) | Participants present at fourth examination (n = 448) | Participants not present at fourth examination (n = 282) | Difference between those followed and not followed | ||||||
| Mean (s.d.) | n (%) | Mean (s.d.) | n (%) | Mean (s.d.) | n (%) | χ2 or t | df | p | |
| Age, years | 25.8 (5.2) | 26.1 (5.1) | 25.3 (5.3) | 6.33 | 3 | 0.09 | |||
| 18–22 | 211 (29.1) | 116 (27.0) | 95 (32.2) | ||||||
| 23–25 | 169 (23.3) | 93 (21.7) | 76 (25.8) | ||||||
| 26–29 | 173 (23.9) | 108 (25.2) | 65 (22.0) | ||||||
| 30–44 | 171 (23.6) | 112 (26.1) | 59 (20.0) | ||||||
| Number of children | 7.74 | 2 | 0.02* | ||||||
| 0 | 386 (53.0) | 211 (48.8) | 175 (59.1) | ||||||
| 1 | 231 (31.7) | 147 (34.0) | 84 (28.4) | ||||||
| 2+ | 111 (15.2) | 74 (17.1) | 37 (12.5) | ||||||
| Education duration; years | 8.4 (4.4) | 8.3 (5.0) | 8.4 (3.6) | 1.48 | 3 | 0.68 | |||
| ⩽5 | 232 (33.1) | 144 (34.7) | 88 (30.8) | ||||||
| 6–8 | 145 (20.7) | 82 (19.8) | 63 (22.0) | ||||||
| 9–11 | 241 (34.4) | 139 (33.5) | 102 (35.7) | ||||||
| 12+ | 83 (11.8) | 50 (12.0) | 33 (11.5) | ||||||
| Physical health | 0.32 | 2 | 0.85 | ||||||
| Very good | 129 (17.8) | 75 (17.5) | 54 (18.4) | ||||||
| Good | 449 (62.1) | 266 (61.9) | 183 (62.5) | ||||||
| Average/bad/very bad | 145 (20.1) | 89 (20.7) | 56 (19.1) | ||||||
| No life events | 2.40 | 4 | 0.66 | ||||||
| 0 | 320 (49.5) | 200 (52.4) | 120 (45.5) | ||||||
| 1 | 172 (26.6) | 96 (25.1) | 76 (28.8) | ||||||
| 2 | 87 (13.5) | 48 (12.6) | 39 (14.8) | ||||||
| 3+ | 67 (10.4) | 38 (10.0) | 29 (11.0) | ||||||
| Emotional problems in the past | 0.41 | 1 | 0.53 | ||||||
| No | 361 (51.3) | 219 (52.3) | 142 (49.8) | ||||||
| Yes | 343 (48.7) | 200 (47.7) | 143 (50.2) | ||||||
| Family structure | 1.37 | 1 | 0.24 | ||||||
| Nuclear | 478 (65.7) | 291 (67.4) | 187 (63.2) | ||||||
| Traditional | 250 (34.2) | 141 (32.6) | 109 (36.8) | ||||||
| Antenatal depression | 0.91 | 1 | 0.34 | ||||||
| No | 489 (66.9) | 296 (68.4) | 193 (65.0) | ||||||
| Yes | 241 (33.1) | 137 (31.6) | 104 (35.0) | ||||||
| Mean social support indices | |||||||||
| From husband | |||||||||
| Emotional | 26.1 (5.4) | 27.1 (4.6) | 26.3 (5.4) | −0.79 | 695 | 0.30 | |||
| Practical | 9.6 (2.2) | 9.7 (2.1) | 9.8 (2.2) | 0.1 | 707 | 0.84 | |||
| Negative aspects | 10.8 (2.3) | 9.9 (2.0) | 10.9 (2.4) | 1.1 | 690 | 0.01* | |||
| From mother | |||||||||
| Emotional | 24.4 (5.6) | 24.9 (5.4) | 25.1 (5.3) | 0.31 | 663 | 0.70 | |||
| Practical | 8.5 (2.9) | 9.0 (2.7) | 8.9 (2.8) | −0.1 | 668 | 0.82 | |||
| Negative aspects | 9.6 (2.2) | 9.1 (1.9) | 9.8 (2.2) | 0.73 | 653 | 0.02* | |||
| From mother-in-law | |||||||||
| Emotional | 18.6 (6.4) | 19.3 (6.0) | 18.7 (6.4) | −0.54 | 633 | 0.59 | |||
| Practical | 6.9 (3.1) | 7.7 (2.8) | 6.9 (3.1) | −0.79 | 647 | 0.08 | |||
| Negative aspects | 9.8 (2.6) | 9.2 (1.8) | 9.9 (2.7) | 0.71 | 631 | 0.08 | |||
s.d., Standard deviation; df, degrees of freedom.
* p < 0.05.