Depressive Symptoms and Resilience among Pregnant Adolescents: A Case-Control Study
Table 1
General demographic characteristics of studied women.
Maternal data
All
Adolescents
Nonadolescents
value*
Age (years)
20.0 ± 3.8
17.2 ± 1.4
23.0 ± 3.0
.001
Non married status (%)
187 (61.9)
103 (68.2)
84 (55.6)
.02
Currently living together (%)
236 (78.1)
116 (76.8)
120 (79.5)
.57
Sometime smoked during pregnancy (%)
1 (0.3)
1 (0.7)
0 (0.0)
.98
Sometime alcohol consumption during pregnancy (%)
15 (5.0)
5 (3.3)
10 (6.6)
.18
Rural residency (%)
86 (28.5)
45 (29.8)
41 (27.1)
.61
Before becoming pregnant
Was studying
137 (45.4)
102 (67.5)
35 (23.1)
.001
Was working
80 (26.5)
18 (11.9)
62 (41.1)
.001
Nothing
65 (21.5)
24 (15.9)
41 (27.2)
.01
Working and studying
20 (6.6)
7 (4.7)
13 (8.6)
.16
Was performing family planning method before becoming pregnant
47 (15.6)
25 (16.6)
22 (14.6)
.63
Age of grandmother’s first child
18.9 ± 3.9
18.7 ± 3.7
19.0 ± 4.0
.001
Number of prenatal visits
7.0 ± 2.6
6.9 ± 2.9
7.0 ± 2.3
.29
Less than 5 prenatal visits
42 (13.9)
22 (14.6)
20 (13.2)
.73
Gestational age at first visit
9.9 ± 6.9
11.1 ± 7.5
8.7 ± 6.2
.001
Partner data
Age (years)
24.4 ± 5.7
22.0 ± 4.0
26.8 ± 6.0
.001
Current smoking habit
24 (7.9)
16 (10.6)
8 (5.3)
.08
Alcohol consumption
79 (26.2)
39 (25.8)
40 (26.5)
.89
Currently employed
254 (84.1)
124 (82.1)
130 (86.0)
.34
Data are presented as mean ± standard deviations and percentages (%); * value after comparing cases and controls with Wilcoxon signed-rank test, chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test.
