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Published in final edited form as: J Affect Disord. 2023 Oct 16;344:339–346. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.10.061

Table 3. Associations with maternal depressive symptoms^a: outcomes specific to university attendees and non-attendees.

Young people who attended university (N = 2237)
Distance moved for university:	Beta	CI	p
Distance from family home (km)	0.01	− 5.18,5.20	0.99
Reasons why chose that university:	OR^b	CI	p
Important or extremely important: distance from family home	0.94	0.85,1.04	0.23
Important or extremely important: staying close to family/children	1.18	1.03,1.35	0.02
Young people who didn’t attend university (N = 1129)
Reasons why didn’t attend university:	OR^b	CI	p
Didn’t want to be a financial burden	1.08	0.95,1.22	0.24
Had other priorities (family/children)	1.17	1.02,1.35	0.03

Exposure: number of times the mother scored 13+ on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale during the child's lifetime. Odds ratios therefore represent associations per additional occasion.

ORs for rating this consideration as ‘important’ or ‘extremely important’.

Table 3. Associations with maternal depressive symptomsa: outcomes specific to university attendees and non-attendees.

Table 3. Associations with maternal depressive symptoms^a: outcomes specific to university attendees and non-attendees.