Mental health in young mothers, single mothers and their children

BMC Psychiatry

Table 2 Odds ratios for women age ≤ 20 at childbirth, when predicting depressive symptoms as well as behavior and development in their children at age 3

	Odds Ratio	95.0% CI for OR	p-value
EPDS ≥ 10
Maternal age ≤ 20	2.222	1.151–4.290	0.017
Maternal education	3.276	2.208–4.860	< 0.001
Maternal unemployment	1.676	1.015–2.768	0.044
Externalizing ≥ 90th percentile
Maternal age ≤ 20	2.253	1.005–5.050	0.049
Parental unemployment	2.810	1.790–4.412	< 0.001
Parental profession	1.815	1.207–2.729	0.004
Internalizing ≥ 90th percentile
Maternal age ≤ 20	2.381	1.065–5.324	0.035
Parental unemployment	2.446	1.540–3.885	< 0.001
Parental profession	1.962	1.304–2.954	0.001
CWC Score ≥ 3
Maternal age ≤ 20	0.628	0.144–2.747	0.537
Parental unemployment	3.079	1.784–5.315	< 0.001
Parental profession	1.769	1.067–2.932	0.027

Note: CI Confidence Interval, OR Odds ratio, EPDS Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, CWC Child Welfare Center. Logistic regression. Dependent variables: EPDS, CBCL (internalizing, and externalizing), CWC score. Independent variables (0 is used as a reference level): Maternal age at childbirth (0 ≥ 21 years of age, 1 ≤ 20 years of age), Maternal education (0 = accomplished current level of school, 1 = drop out of compulsory or secondary school), Maternal unemployment (0 = No long-term unemployment prior to childbirth, 1 = Long-term unemployment prior to childbirth), Parental unemployment (0 = both parents employed, 1 = one or both parents unemployed), Parental profession (0 = white collar, 1 = blue collar/unemployed)

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