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Table 3 Logistic regression models for major depressive symptoms (CES-D score ≥ 23)

From: Comparative study of major depressive symptoms among pregnant women by employment status

Variables

Models

 

Model 1 Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Model 2 Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Model 3 Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Employment status

Working women (Ref.)

1.00

1.00

1.00

Women who had stopped working

2.04 (1.66-2.50) ***

1.60 (1.30-1.98) ***

1.61 (1.26-2.04) ***

Housewives

2.87 (2.28-3.60) ***

1.69 (1.32-2.17) ***

1.46 (1.10-1.94) **

Students

2.02 (1.37-2.98) ***

1.39 (0.93-2.08)

1.37 (0.87-2.16)

Demographic variables

Age group (years)

< 25 years (Ref.)

 

1.00

1.00

25-34 years

 

0.81 (0.65-1.01)

0.91 (0.71-1.17)

≥ 35 years

 

0.77 (0.57-1.05)

0.77 (0.55-1.09)

Country of birth

Canada (Ref)

 

1.00

1.00

Other countries

 

1.70 (1.40-2.05)***

1.25 (1.01-1.57)*

Single-parent family

No (Ref)

 

1.00

 

Yes

 

2.43 (1.93-3.05)***

1.12 (0.76-1.64)

Level of education

Partial high school (Ref.)

 

1.00

1.00

Partial college

 

0.63 (0.49-0.83) **

0.70 (0.52-0.94) *

College completed/Partial university

 

0.55 (0.43-0.71) ***

0.71 (0.53-0.96) *

University degree

 

0.35 (0.26-0.46) ***

0.47 (0.34-0.66) ***

Socioeconomic variables, life style habits and stressors

Reported a lack of money

No (Ref.)

  

1.00

Yes

  

1.30 (1.06-1.61) *

Smoking during pregnancy

Non-smoker (Ref)

  

1.00

Occasionally/Regularly

  

1.44 (1.13-1.84) **

Chronic health problem

None (Ref.)

  

1.00

At least one

  

1.31 (1.03-1.66) *

Stressful life events

None (Ref.)

  

1.00

One or two

  

1.25 (0.92-1.70)

More than two

  

2.20 (1.60-3.02) ***

Social support outside work

Present (Ref.)

  

1.00

Absent

  

4.47 (3.55-5.63) ***

Marital strain

No marital strain (Ref.)

  

1.00

Low or moderate marital strain

  

1.54 (1.10-2.16) *

High marital strain

  

4.27 (3.11-5.88) ***

No partner

  

5.07 (2.98-8.63) ***

Model results

Overall percentage of correct classification

88.1%

88.2%

89.3%

−2 log likelihood

3680.82

3468.58

2780.16

Model Chi-square

95.36

293.04

758.13

Degree of freedom

3

10

19

P-value

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

ROC curve

Area under the curve (95% CI)

0.611 (0.588-0.635)

0.703 (0.681-0.724)

0.818 (0.800-0.836)

P-value

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

  1. Model 1: Employment status of pregnant women.
  2. Model 2: Model 1 + Demographic variables.
  3. Model 3: Model 2 + Socioeconomic variables, lifestyle habits and stressors.
  4. *p <0 .05. **p <0 .01. ***p < 0.001.