TABLE 5.
Social support differences across the postpartum latent class growth analysis classes
| Postpartum | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 3 | |||
| Severe, persisting | Moderate, remitting | Low, remitting | |||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||
| Number of relatives | 3.30 (2.34) | 4.38 (2.66) | 5.19 (2.88) | .01 | C1<C3 |
| Number of friends | 3.70 (2.68) | 4.90 (5.19) | 5.88 (4.11) | 0.094 | – |
| Tangible support | 4.03 (1.01) | 4.22 (0.88) | 4.57 (0.78) | 0.009 | C2<C3 |
| Affectional support | 3.90 (1.18) | 4.66 (0.50) | 4.84 (0.52) | <0.001 | C1<C2=C3 |
| Positive social interaction | 3.45 (1.17) | 4.89 (0.86) | 4.59 (0.68) | <0.001 | C1<C2<C3 |
| Emotional/informational support | 3.36 (0.86) | 4.19 (0.86) | 4.61 (0.70) | <0.001 | C1<C2<C3 |
C, class.