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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study participants

From: Who is the main caregiver of the mother during the doing-the-month: is there an association with postpartum depression?

Variable

N = 1325

Agea

28.0 (4.58)

Education level

 Junior high school or below

327 (24.9%)

 High school or above

897 (75.1%)

Household registration

 Native

373 (29.4%)

 Immigrant

898 (70.6%)

Household income (Yuan/month)

 ≤10,000

849 (67.4%)

 > 10,000

411 (32.6%)

Occupation

 Employed

952 (73.5%)

 Housewife

343 (26.5%)

Medical insurance

 No

568 (44.8%)

 Yes

700 (55.2%)

Smoking

 No

1294 (97.8%)

 Yes

29 (2.2%)

Drinking

 No

1285 (97.3%)

 Yes

36 (2.7%)

Parity

 Primiparous

250 (19.7%)

 Parous

1021 (80.3%)

Mode of delivery

 Vaginal delivery

784 (61.6%)

 Caesarean section

489 (38.4%)

Infant’s sex

 Female

375 (44.4%)

 Male

470 (55.6%)

Infant’s weighta

3.4 (0.47)

Living situation

 Living only with husband

589 (45.9%)

 Living with puerperal women’s parents-in-law

254 (19.8%)

 Living with puerperal women’s parents

440 (34.3%)

Caregiver of puerperal women

 Mother-in-law

590 (44.5%)

 Mother

481 (36.3%)

 Yuesao

147 (11.1%)

 Other relatives

107 (8.1%)

Social supporta

41.7 (6.98)

Stress during pregnancya

13.0 (5,26)

EPDS scoreb

6.0 (2,10)

  1. Values are ameans (SD) or bmedian (25th and 75th percentiles) for continuous variables and percentages for categorical variables