Table 3.

Linear mixed error-component models for depressive symptoms, women in ELSPAC-CZ cohort (n = 4688).

	Model 1			Model 2				Model 3
	b	p-value	95% CI		b	p-value	95% CI		b	p-value	95% CI
Perceived gender discrimination (RC=no perceived gender discrimination)	0.15	<0.001	0.12	0.19	0.12	<0.001	0.09	0.16	0.12	<0.001	0.09	0.16
Time, years since baseline	−0.004	0.001	−0.007	−0.002	−0.004	0.003	−0.006	−0.001	−0.004	0.004	−0.006	−0.001
Socio-Demographic Characteristics
Age at delivery, years				0.00		0.392	0.00	0.01
Education, years				0.00		0.341	−0.01	0.00
Financial hardshipa				0.12		<0.001	0.09	0.14	0.12	<0.001	0.10	0.14
Marital status (RC=married)
Single				0.05		0.074	-0.01	0.11
Widowed				0.00		0.984	−0.33	0.32
Divorced/Separated				0.08		0.095	−0.01	0.17
Social supportb				−0.05		<0.001	−0.06	−0.03	−0.05	<0.001	−0.07	−0.04
Partner's Participation in Household Tasks
Female-stereotypical tasksb				−0.03		0.004	−0.05	−0.01	−0.03	0.001	−0.05	−0.01
Male-stereotypical tasks b				−0.01		0.159	−0.02	0.00
Maltreatment during Childhood
Sexual abuse c				0.04		<0.001	0.03	0.06	0.04	<0.001	0.03	0.06
Emotional/physical neglect (RC= No emotional/ physical neglect			0.17	<0.001	0.14	0.21	0.18		<0.001		0.14	0.22
Characteristics of Pregnancy and Delivery
First pregnancy (RC=second/higher-order pregnancy)			−0.02	0.225	−0.06	0.01
Low birth weight (RC=normal birth weight)			−0.03	0.445	−0.11	0.05
Boy child (RC=girl child)				−0.03		0.086	−0.06	0.00
Singleton delivery(RC=twin delivery)				−0.02		0.751	−0.14	0.10

Data source: ELSPAC-CZ. CI=confidence intervals. RC=Reference category.

^a0–3 scale.

^b0–5 scale.

^c0–9 scale. Depressive symptoms are measured on a 0–30 scale and are transformed using natural logarithm. Multiple imputations used to account for missing data.