Table 2.
Social support and the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) score.
| Variables | Total (n = 6195) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | ||
| Consult with partner | Yes | 6016 | 97.1 |
| No | 170 | 2.7 | |
| Missing | 9 | 0.1 | |
| Consult with others (at least one person out of parents, relatives, or friends close by for far) | Yes | 6076 | 98.1 |
| No | 119 | 1.9 | |
| Classification based on social support from partner or others | Having both partner’s and others’ social support | 5908 | 95.4 |
| Having partner’s support, but not others’ | 108 | 1.7 | |
| Having others’ support, but not partner’s | 168 | 2.7 | |
| Not having either partner’s or others’ support | 11 | 0.2 | |
| EPDS score | ≤8 | 5658 | 91.3 |
| ≥9 | 536 | 8.7 | |
| Missing | 1 | 0.0 | |