Mental health in young mothers, single mothers and their children

BMC Psychiatry

Table 3 Odds ratios for women who were non-cohabitating at childbirth, when predicting depressive symptoms as well as behavior and development in their children at age 3

	Odds Ratio	95.0% CI for OR	p-value
EPDS ≥ 10
Maternal single status	1.000	0.495–2.020	0.999
Maternal education	3.457	2.269–5.267	< 0.001
Maternal unemployment	1.813	1.084–3.032	0.023
Externalizing ≥ 90th percentile
Maternal single status	1.422	0.636–3.183	0.391
Parental unemployment	2.800	1.763–4.449	< 0.001
Parental profession	1.695	1.107–2.594	0.015
Cohabitation status at follow-up	1.420	0.805–2.506	0.226
Internalizing ≥ 90th percentile
Maternal single status	1.985	0.934–4.217	0.075
Parental unemployment	2.500	1.557–4.014	< 0.001
Parental Profession	1.949	1.275–2.981	0.002
Cohabitation status at follow-up	1.260	0.703–2.260	0.438
CWC Score ≥ 3
Maternal single status	1.336	0.477–3.736	0.581
Parental unemployment	3.205	1.808–5.681	< 0.001
Parental profession	1.499	0.865–2-598	0.149
Cohabitation status at follow-up	1.335	0.647–2.755	0.434

Note: CI = Confidence Interval, OR = Odds ratio, EPDS = Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, CWC = Child Welfare Center. Logistic regression. Dependent variables: EPDS, CBCL (internalizing, and externalizing) and CWC score. Independent variables (0 is used as a reference level): Maternal cohabitation status at childbirth (0 = cohabiting with the child’s father, 1 = single status or other arrangements), Maternal education (0 = accomplished current level of school, 1 = drop out of compulsory or secondary school), Maternal unemployment (0 = No long-term unemployment prior to childbirth, 1 = Long-term unemployment prior to childbirth), Cohabitation status at follow-up (0 = cohabitating, 1 = single status), Parental unemployment (0 = both parents employed, 1 = one or both parents unemployed), Parental profession (0 = white collar, 1 = blue collar/unemployed)

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