Table 1

Depression and psychosocial characteristics measured at the third trimester of pregnancy and personal characteristics of the sample

	Mothers		Fathers		p Value
	n	%	n	%
Depression during pregnancy^*
No	615	89.7	621	93.5	<0.001
Yes	71	10.3	43	6.5
Psycosocial factors
Marital satisfaction
High	407	59.7	372	57.8	0.479
Low	275	40.3	272	42.2
Affective social support
High	541	79.0	523	79.2	0.905
Low	144	21.0	137	20.8
Confidant social support
High	568	83.2	550	83.6	0.835
Low	115	16.8	108	16.4
Personal factors
History of depression
No	540	78.6	598	90.2	<0.001
Yes	147	21.4	65	9.8
Negative life events
No	480	69.9	401	60.5	<0.001
Yes	207	30.1	262	39.5
Socioprofessional factors
Age
<30 years	286	41.6	154	23.0	<0.001
30–34 years	300	43.7	314	46.9
>34 years	101	14.7	201	30.0
Parity
Primiparae	496	72.2	477	71.4	0.714
Multiparae	191	27.8	192	28.7
Couple's occupational social class
Manual workers	306	44.6	296	44.3	0.906
Non-manual workers	380	55.4	372	55.7
Employment^†
No	143	52.0	26	3.9	<0.001
Yes	544	48.0	643	96.1
Native country
Not Spain	74	10.8	74	11.1	0.797
Spain	613	89.2	595	88.9
Domestic chores (weekly hours)
Up to 30 h	524	76.3	632	96.3	<0.001
>30 h	163	23.7	24	3.7

↵* Cut-off value was ≥ 13 for mothers and ≥11 for fathers.
↵† To have paid work during pregnancy in mothers and in fathers at the time of data collection.