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 |