Identifying Mothers with Postpartum Depression Early: Integrating Perinatal Mental Health Care into the Obstetric Setting

Table 4

Descriptives of women entering intervention.

	Number	Percentage (%)
Maternal age at birth
18–24 years	4	10
25–34 years	29	71
35–40 years	7	17
>41 years	1	2
Race
Chinese	24	59
Malay	8	20
Indian	8	20
Others	1	2
Marital status
Married	39	95
Single	1	2
Divorced	0	0
Separated	0	0
Cohabiting	1	2
Educational qualification at enrolment
Primary	1	2
Vocational	6	15
Secondary	9	22
Tertiary	14	34
Degree	11	27
Occupation
Professional executive/senior; Management	8	20
	3	7
General administrative/supervisory	5	12
Service line	7	17
Self-employed/business owner	0	0
Home maker/unemployed	18	44
Pregnancy details
Planned pregnancy	14	34
Unplanned pregnancy	27	66
Breast feeding	24	59
Had no other child	25	61
Had other children under 5 years old	41	100
Had termination(s) before	7	17
Had miscarriage(s) before	6	15