Skip to main content
. 2021 Jan 25;25(3):353–359. doi: 10.1007/s10995-020-03116-w

Table 2.

Covid 19 pandemic exposure regressed on postpartum depressive symptoms

Time matched sample Month matched sample
Births from September 2019-April 2020 (N=18,531) Births from January 2019-April 2019 and January 2020-April 2020 (N=18,346)
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6 Model 7 Model 8
Month (reference: March 2020)
 September 2019/January 2019 − 0.09 − 0.07 − 0.08 − 0.06
 October 2019/February 2019 − 0.08 − 0.08 − 0.14 − 0.11
 November 2019/March 2019 − 0.11 − 0.10 − 0.07 − 0.08
 December 2019/April 2019 − 0.19 − 0.19 − 0.11 − 0.09
 January 2020 − 0.03 − 0.02 − 0.03 − 0.02
 February 2020 − 0.09 − 0.06 − 0.09 − 0.06
 April 2020 − 0.07 − 0.09 − 0.07 − 0.09
Pandemic Exposure
 March-20 0.09 0.07 0.08 0.07
 April-20 0.02 − 0.01 0.01 − 0.02
Women’s education (reference: less than high school)
 High school 0.07 0.06 0.03 0.03
 Some college 0.21 0.21 0.18 0.18
 Four-year degree or higher 0.35 0.35 0.29 0.29
Women’s race (reference: white)
 Black 0.01 0.01 − 0.06 − 0.06
 Hipanic − 0.04 − 0.04 − 0.16 − 0.16
 Asian 0.24 0.24 0.32 0.32
 Other − 0.02 − 0.03 − 0.08 − 0.08
Women’s age (reference: age less than 20)
 Age 20–34 − 0.17 − 0.16 − 0.25 − 0.25
 Age 35 +  − 0.06 − 0.05 − 0.11 − 0.10
 Unmarried − 0.15 − 0.15 − 0.14 − 0.14
 Prepregnancy health condition 0.04 0.04 0.08 0.08
 C-section delivery 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.19
 Preterm birth 0.23 0.23 0.17 0.17
County (reference: hunterdon)
 Mercer 0.20 0.19 0.15 0.15
 Middlesex − 0.20 − 0.20 − 0.24 − 0.24
 Monmouth − 0.24 − 0.24 − 0.26 − 0.26
 Ocean − 0.46 − 0.46 − 0.49 − 0.49
 Somerset − 0.08 − 0.08 − 0.08 − 0.08
 Other 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03
Constant 0.05 0.17 − 0.05 0.08 0.05 0.32 0.25