Table 1 Sample characteristics

Age mean (SD)

31.41 (4.6)

31.31 (5.2)

30.94 (4.3)

.71^(ANOVA)

Marital status

.32^(χ2)

 Married

71 (49.6)

50 (44.2)

47 (40.2)

 Not married

61 (42.7)

55 (48.7)

64 (54.7)

 Single

5 (3.5)

8 (7.1)

6 (5.1)

 NA

6 (4.2)

0

0

Occupational status

.19^(χ2)

 Employed

103 (72)

78 (69)

82 (70.1)

 Unemployed

11 (7.7)

7 (6.2)

6 (5.1)

 Sick leave or leave

11 (7.7)

6 (5.3)

5 (4.3)

 Studying

13 (9.1)

22 (19.5)

24 (20.5)

 NA

5 (3.5)

0

0

Cohabitation

.64^(χ2)

 Living with partner

108 (75.5)

102 (90.3)

109 (93.2)

 Living alone

5 (3.5)

8 (7.0)

6 (5.1)

 NA

30 (21)

3 (2.7)

2 (1.7)

Parity

< 0.001*^(χ2)

 Nullipara

51 (35.7)

44 (38.9)

74 (63.2)

 Primipara

71 (49.6)

54 (47.8)

38 (32.5)

 Multipara

21 (14.7)

15 (13.3)

5 (4.3)

Care level

.66^(χ2)

 Regular

98 (68.5)

74 (65.5)

80 (68.4)

 Extended

30 (21.0)

27 (23.9)

32 (27.4)

 NA

15 (10.5)

12 (10.6)

5 (4.2)

Region

.15^(χ2)

 Capital region of Denmark

81 (56.6)

67 (59.3)

70 (59.8)

 Region Zealand

32 (22.4)

43 (38)

45 (38.5)

 NA

30 (21)

3 (2.7)

2 (1.7)

 HADS-A (SD)

4.29 (3.16)

4.91 (3.63)

4.97 (3.23)

.26^(ANOVA)

 HADS-D (SD)

2.53 (2.24)

3.22 (3.07)

3.62 (2.91)

.014*^(ANOVA)

ACE (SD)

2.76 (2.07)

2.95 (1.83)

2.47 (1.76)

.16^(ANOVA)

 Life events (SD)

2.71 (2.15)

2.60 (2.07)

2.66 (2.30)

.93^(ANOVA)

 Life events that still affect (SD)

0.86 (1.00)

0.81 (1.17)

0.96 (1.55)

.64^(ANOVA)

P-PRFQ (SD)

4.11 (0.88)

3.99 (0.94)

4.08 (0.93)

.58^(ANOVA)

 GP partnership

20 (64.5)

 Solo GP

4 (12.9)

 Solo GP sharing facilities

7 (22.6)

 Nurse only

23 (74.2)

 Midwife only

1 (3.2)

 No nurse or midwife

5 (16.1)

 Nurse + midwife

2 (6.5)