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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contraception. 2017 Dec 26;97(4):335–340. doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2017.12.013

Table 2.

Bivariate relationship between depressive symptoms (CESD score) and covariates (N=347)

CESD Score p-value
Sociodemographics
Race (mean, SD) 0.60
 White 22.0 (10.9)
 Black 23.3 (12.4)
 Hispanic 24.4 (12.8)
 Other 23.3 (11.6)
Education (mean, SD) 0.45
 Less than high school 21.0 (11.7)
 High school 22.7 (11.1)
 Some college 24.3 (12.0)
 College graduate or more 23.1 (12.7)
Marital status (mean, SD) 0.39
 Never married 24.1 (11.9)
 Cohabitating 22.5 (12.2)
 Married 20.8 (11.6)
 Separated/Divorced/Widowed 23.8 (11.4)
Age (correlation) −0.13 0.02
Abortion Characteristics
Abortion trimester (Mean, SD) 0.28
 First 23.4 (11.9)
 Second 20.6 (11.9)
Abortion procedure 0.60
 Surgical 23.1 (11.6)
 Medication 23.7 (12.5)
Adverse Experiences
Any Intimate Partner Violence in past 6 months (Mean, SD) < 0.0005
 Yes 27.5 (11.7)
 No 21.1 (11.5)
Any Reproductive coercion in past 6 months (Mean, SD) 0.001
 Yes 28.2 (11.8)
 No 22.3 (11.7)
Number of childhood adversities (correlation) 0.33 <0.0005
Relationship Characteristics
Multiple sexual partners in past 6 months (Mean, SD) 0.09
 Yes 25.2 (10.6)
 No 22.7 (12.3)
Relationship for more than a year (Mean, SD) 0.96
 Yes 23.2 (12.0)
 No 23.3 (11.8)
Talk very much with partner about things that matter 0.001
 Yes 21.6 (11.7)
 No 25.8 (11.8)
Talk about very serious things with partner 0.01
 Yes 21.8 (12.0)
 No 25.0 (11.5)
Previous Pregnancies
Number of prior abortions (correlation) −0.07 0.18
Number of childbirths (correlation) −0.15 0.007
Future Pregnancy Desires
Very important to avoid pregnancy in next year (Mean, SD) 0.23
 Strongly agree 22.8 (11.8)
 Do not strongly agree 24.6 (12.1)