Characteristics of participants in the five exposure groups at the date of questionnaire completion
| Mothers with no depression | Post | First-time | Continued | Relapse | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | 38 394 (84.0) | 5044 (11.0) | 205 (0.4) | 969 (2.1) | 1115 (2.4) | 45 727 (100.0) |
| Maternal age, mean SD | 42.2 (4.1) | 41.8 (4.6) | 41.5 (4.3) | 42.0 (4.5) | 41.9 (4.6) | 42.2 (4.2) |
| Child age, mean SD | 11.4 (0.6) | 11.4 (0.6) | 11.5 (0.6) | 11.4 (0.6) | 11.5 (0.7) | 11.4 (0.6) |
| Child sex, n (%) | ||||||
| Boy | 18 353 (47.8) | 2390 (47.4) | 95 (46.3) | 453 (46.7) | 504 (45.2) | 21 795 (47.7) |
| Girl | 20 041 (52.2) | 2654 (52.6) | 110 (53.7) | 516 (53.3) | 611 (54.8) | 23 932 (52.3) |
| Maternal education, n (%) | ||||||
| Primary | 1818 (4.7) | 481 (9.5) | 14 (6.8) | 93 (9.6) | 119 (10.7) | 2525 (5.5) |
| Secondary | 13 791 (35.9) | 2057 (40.8) | 80 (39.0) | 394 (40.7) | 443 (39.7) | 16 765 (36.7) |
| Tertiary | 22 489 (58.6) | 2458 (48.7) | 111 (54.1) | 471 (48.6) | 541 (48.5) | 26 070 (57.0) |
| Unknown | 296 (0.8) | 48 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (1.1) | 12 (1.1) | 367 (0.8) |
| Maternal civil status, n (%) | ||||||
| Divorced | 3577 (9.3) | 919 (18.2) | 31 (15.1) | 179 (18.5) | 173 (15.5) | 4879 (10.7) |
| Married | 30 932 (80.6) | 3442 (68.2) | 144 (70.2) | 679 (70.1) | 797 (71.5) | 35 994 (78.7) |
| Unmarried | 3885 (10.1) | 683 (13.5) | 30 (14.6) | 111 (11.5) | 145 (13.0) | 4854 (10.6) |
| Number of older siblings, n (%) | ||||||
| 1 | 18 410 (48.0) | 2379 (47.2) | 101 (49.3) | 455 (47.0) | 562 (50.4) | 21 907 (47.9) |
| 2 | 13 992 (36.4) | 1843 (36.5) | 81 (39.5) | 360 (37.2) | 390 (35.0) | 16 666 (36.4) |
| ≥3 | 5992 (15.6) | 822 (16.3) | 23 (11.2) | 154 (15.9) | 163 (14.6) | 7154 (15.6) |
| Paternal depression (yes), n (%)a | 3704 (9.6) | 834 (16.5) | 34 (16.6) | 169 (17.4) | 183 (16.4) | 4924 (10.8) |
↵a Due to low numbers, paternal depression was aggregated to yes/no in the table. SD = standard deviation.