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Table 3 Participant characteristics

From: Variation and ethnic inequalities in treatment of common mental disorders before, during and after pregnancy: combined analysis of routine and research data in the Born in Bradford cohort

  

White British

Minority ethnic

All

N

 

1,251

983

2,234

Age at recruitment, mean (SD)

 

25.9 (6.0)

27.9 (5.6)

26.8 (5.9)

Parity at recruitment, n (%)

First child

614 (49.1)

373 (38.0)

987 (44.2)

1

369 (29.5)

230 (23.4)

599 (26.8)

2–3

225 (18.0)

295 (30.0)

520 (23.3)

4+

43 (3.4)

85 (8.7)

128 (5.7)

Further pregnancy in 12 months postnatal period, n (%)

No

1,149 (91.9)

869 (88.4)

2,018 (90.3)

Yes

102 (8.2)

114 (11.6)

216 (9.7)

Ethnic group, n (%)

White British

1,251 (100)

-

1,251 (56.0)

Pakistani

-

749 (76.2)

749 (33.5)

Mixed

-

64 (6.5)

64 (2.9)

Indian

-

44 (4.5)

44 (2.0)

White non-British

-

32 (3.3)

32 (1.4)

Black

-

27 (2.8)

27 (1.2)

Bangladeshi

-

26 (2.6)

26 (1.2)

Other

-

41 (4.2)

41 (1.8)

Country of birth and age at migration, n (%)

Born in UK

1,233 (98.6)

491 (50.0)

1,724 (77.2)

Immigrated before age 16

13 (1.0)

132 (13.4)

145 (6.5)

Immigrated 16 or older

2 (0.2)

347 (35.3)

349 (15.6)

 

Missing

3 (0.2)

13 (1.3)

16 (0.7)

Language used during recruitment, n (%)

English

1,250 (99.9)

751 (76.3)

2001 (89.6)

Other language

0

224 (22.8)

224 (10.0)

 

Missing

1 (0.1)

8 (0.8)

9 (0.4)

Marital/cohabitation status at recruitment, n (%)

Married & living together

328 (26.2)

791 (80.5)

1,119 (50.1)

Cohabiting

503 (40.2)

41 (4.2)

544 (24.4)

Not living with a partner

419 (33.5)

151 (15.4)

570 (25.5)

Missing

1 (0.1)

0

1 (0.4)

Index of Multiple Deprivation (2010) national rank at recruitment, n (%)

Most deprived

673 (53.8)

751 (76.4)

1,424 (63.7)

2

253 (20.2)

146 (14.9)

399 (17.9)

3

220 (17.6)

74 (7.5)

294 (13.2)

4

75 (6.0)

4 (0.4)

79 (3.5)

Least deprived

30 (2.4)

8 (0.8)

38 (1.7)