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Table 2 Univariate analysis

From: Who is the main caregiver of the mother during the doing-the-month: is there an association with postpartum depression?

Variables

Depressed

n = 352(26.6%)

Non-depressed

n = 973 (73.4%)

OR

95% CI

P

Age

27.9 (4.6)

28.0 (4.6)

0.994

0.968–1.021

0.67

Caregiver of puerperal women

 Mother

117 (33.2)

364 (37.4)

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 Yuesao

41 (11.7)

106 (10.9)

1.203

0.794–1.825

0.3835

 Mother-in-law

169 (48.0)

421 (43.3)

1.249

0.949–1.643

0.1123

 Other relatives

25 (7.1)

82 (8.4)

0.949

0.579–1.554

0.8339

Education level

 ≥High school

262 (74.9)

725 (75.2))

   

 < High school

88 (25.1)

239 (24.8)

1.019

0.768–1.351

0.8965

Household registration

 Native

102 (30.3)

271 (29.0)

   

 Immigrant

235 (69.7)

663 (71.0)

0.942

0.717–1.236

0.6652

Household income (yuan/month)

 ≥10,000

84 (24.9)

327 (35.4))

   

 <  10,000

253 (75.1)

596 (64.6)

1.652

1.247–2.189

0.0005

Occupation

 Employed

259 (75.3)

693 (72.9)

   

 Housewife

85 (24.7)

258 (27.1)

0.882

0.664–1.171

0.3836

Smoking

 No

339 (96.3)

955 (98.4)

   

 Yes

13 (3.7)

16 (1.6)

0.437

0.208–0.917

0.0287

Drinking

 No

336 (95.4)

949 (97.9)

   

 Yes

16 (4.6)

20 (2.1)

0.442

0.227–0.864

0.0169

Medical insurance

 Yes

185 (54.7)

515 (55.4)

   

 No

153 (45.3)

415 (44.6)

1.026

0.799–1.318

0.8387

Parity

 Primiparous

81 (24.2)

169 (18.1)

   

 Parous

254 (75.8)

767 (81.9)

0.691

0.512–0.933

0.0159

Delivery mode

 Vaginal delivery

218 (65.5)

566 (60.2)

   

 Caesarean section

115 (34.5)

374 (39.8)

0.798

0.615–1.036

0.0907

Infant’s sex

 Male

133 (55.4)

337 (55.7)

   

 Female

107 (44.6)

268 (44.3)

1.012

0.749–1.367

0.9399

Infant’s weight

3.3 (0.5)

3.4 (0.5)

0.821

0.631–1.070

0.1444

Living situation

 Living only with husband

147 (43.2)

442 (46.9)

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 Living with puerperal women’s parents

59 (17.4)

192 (20.7)

0.910

0.644–1.286

0.5920

 Living with puerperal women’s parents-in-law

134 (39.4)

306 (32.5)

1.317

0.999–1.735

0.0505

Social support

39.2 (7.4)

42.7 (6.6)

0.930

0.913–0.948

<.0001

Stress during pregnancy

25.7 (15.2)

10 (4.20)

1.060

1.050–1.071

<.0001

  1. Values are means (SD) for continuous variables and percentages for categorical variables