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Table 3 Logistic regression analysis: Predictors of depressed mood (N = 1062)

From: Depressed mood in pregnancy: Prevalence and correlates in two Cape Town peri-urban settlements

Predictor

Odds Ratio

95% Confidence Interval

Age

0.97

0.95

1.00*

Education

0.93

0.87

1.01

Services

0.98

0.84

1.14

Partner support

0.88

0.80

0.97**

Mother support

0.95

0.89

1.01

Father support

0.95

0.88

1.02

Weeks pregnant

1.01

0.99

1.02

Single vs. married/living together

0.93

0.68

1.28

Informal housing vs. formal

1.04

0.72

1.49

Unemployed vs. employed

1.09

0.76

1.56

HH income < R2000 p/m

1.52

1.15

2.01**

No income baby father

1.20

0.78

1.83

Tobacco use

1.33

0.67

2.65

Alcohol use

1.22

0.89

1.66

Relationship violence

1.49

1.13

1.96**

  1. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01