Maternal employment status | ||||||
Regular workers | Dispatched workers | Part-time workers | Self-employed workers | Non-employed | Others | |
Depressive symptomatology (EPDS score ≥9) | ||||||
No at risk | 27 228 | 1395 | 15 986 | 2440 | 27 869 | 1904 |
No of cases | 2188 | 147 | 1489 | 187 | 2538 | 192 |
Age-adjusted OR (95% CI) | 1.00 | 1.34 (1.13 to 1.60)* | 1.17 (1.09 to 1.25)* | 0.98 (0.84 to 1.15) | 1.14 (1.08 to 1.21)* | 1.27 (1.09 to 1.49)* |
Multivariable ORs (95% CI)† | 1.00 | 1.07 (0.89 to 1.30) | 1.08 (1.000 to 1.17) | 0.92 (0.78 to 1.09) | 1.11 (1.03 to 1.19)* | 1.20 (1.01 to 1.41)* |
Depressive symptomatology (EPDS score ≥13) | ||||||
No at risk | 27 228 | 1395 | 15 986 | 2440 | 27 869 | 1904 |
No of cases | 348 | 25 | 286 | 32 | 445 | 31 |
Age-adjusted OR (95% CI) | 1.00 | 1.40 (0.93 to 2.11) | 1.39 (1.19 to 1.63)* | 1.08 (0.75 to 1.55) | 1.25 (1.08 to 1.43)* | 1.26 (0.87 to 1.83) |
Multivariable ORs (95% CI)† | 1.00 | 1.00 (0.66 to 1.53) | 1.19 (1.003 to 1.42)* | 0.96 (0.66 to 1.39) | 1.12 (0.95 to 1.31) | 1.11 (0.76 to 1.62) |
*P<0.05.
†Adjusted for age, educational attainment, household equivalent income, parity, living with partner, living with parents, marital status, mental health status, perceived level of social support and residential area.
EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.