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Table 3 Prevalence estimates by factors associated with psychosocial assessment during the perinatal period

From: Disparities in reported psychosocial assessment across public and private maternity settings: a national survey of women in Australia

 

Given PMH information

Current emotional health

Mental health history

Level of support

Drug or alcohol use

Domestic violence or abuse

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Pregnancy (N = 1804)

Partner status

      

Married/de facto

1357 (78.2)

1155 (66.6)

910 (52.4)

1207 (69.6)

1174 (67.7)

617 (35.6)

Single1

50 (80.6)

45 (72.6)

40 (64.5)

49 (79.0)

42 (67.7)

25 (40.3)

Parity

      

Primiparous

327 (82.8)

258 (65.3)

224 (56.7)

268 (67.8)

292 (73.9)

137 (34.7)

Multiparous

1085 (77.0)

947 (67.2)

730 (51.8)

993 (70.5)

928 (65.9)

507 (36)

Income management 2

      

Not difficult

594 (80.8)

507 (69.0)

413 (56.2)

538 (73.2)

519 (70.6)

272 (37)

Difficult

812 (76.5)

692 (65.2)

537 (50.6)

718 (67.7)

697 (65.7)

370 (34.9)

Highest level of education

      

University degree or higher

814 (75.7)

673 (62.5)

513 (47.7)

716 (66.5)

712 (66.2)

331 (30.8)

Year 12/Trade/ diploma

521 (81.4)

463 (72.3)

379 (59.2)

477 (74.5)

446 (69.7)

273 (42.7)

Year 10 or below

68 (88.3)

60 (77.9)

56 (72.7)

61 (79.2)

55 (71.4)

37 (48.1)

Area of residence 3

      

Urban

806 (76.6)

668 (63.5)

521 (49.5)

688 (65.4)

672 (63.9)

320 (30.4)

Non-urban

599 (80.6)

528 (71.1)

428 (57.6)

565 (76.0)

540 (72.7)

317 (42.7)

Background language 4

      

English

1335 (79.1)

1140 (67.5)

908 (53.8)

1197 (70.9)

1159 (68.7)

616 (36.5)

Other

67 (65.7)

57 (55.9)

42 (41.2)

59 (57.8)

56 (54.9)

24 (23.5)

Employment status 5

      

Employed

1001 (78.4)

833 (65.3)

652 (51.1)

880 (69.0)

870 (68.2)

442 (34.6)

Not employed

405 (78.0)

366 (70.5)

297 (57.2)

376 (72.4)

343 (66.1)

200 (38.5)

Maternity care sector 6

      

Private

692 (71.7)

542 (56.2)

380 (39.4)

550 (57.0)

545 (56.5)

177 (18.3)

Public

680 (86.4)

622 (79)

539 (68.5)

666 (84.6)

630 (80.1)

443 (56.3)

State/Territory of residence 7

      

NSW

391 (79.1)

350 (70.9)

315 (63.8)

374 (75.7)

355 (71.9)

261 (52.8)

VIC

372 (74.3)

287 (57.3)

217 (43.3)

332 (66.3)

308 (61.5)

110 (22.0)

QLD

289 (77.5)

240 (64.3)

193 (51.7)

258 (69.2)

258 (69.2)

150 (40.2)

SA

112 (78.3)

95 (66.4)

74 (51.7)

103 (72.0)

99 (69.2)

54 (37.8)

WA

132 (81.0)

131 (80.4)

82 (50.3)

103 (63.2)

98 (60.1)

33 (20.2)

Other

108 (90.0)

93 (77.5)

68 (56.7)

84 (70.0)

95 (79.2)

31 (25.8)

Postnatal period (N = 1442)

Partner status

      

Married/de facto

1127 (81.7)

1043 (75.6)

567 (41.1)

960 (69.6)

488 (35.4)

443 (32.1)

Single1

47 (78.3)

45 (75.0)

26 (43.3)

49 (81.7)

21 (35.0)

15 (25.0)

Parity

      

Primiparous

328 (87.7)

294 (78.6)

165 (44.1)

277 (74.1)

143 (38.2)

128 (34.2)

Multiparous

848 (79.4)

796 (74.5)

429 (40.2)

734 (68.7)

366 (34.3)

330 (30.9)

Income management 2

      

Not difficult

502 (82.8)

456 (75.2)

261 (43.1)

422 (69.6)

233 (38.4)

194 (32.0)

Difficult

671 (80.7)

630 (75.8)

332 (40.0)

587 (70.6)

276 (33.2)

264 (31.8)

Highest level of education

      

University degree or higher

689 (82.2)

648 (77.3)

331 (39.5)

580 (69.2)

282 (33.7)

261 (31.1)

Year 12/Trade/ diploma

435 (81.2)

397 (74.1)

238 (44.4)

384 (71.6)

208 (38.8)

179 (33.4)

Year 10 or below

48 (78.7)

41 (67.2)

24 (39.3)

43 (70.5)

19 (31.1)

18 (29.5)

Area of residence 3

      

Urban

672 (82.3)

616 (75.4)

330 (40.4)

571 (69.9)

284 (34.8)

259 (31.7)

Non-urban

499 (80.6)

469 (75.8)

261 (42.2)

435 (70.3)

222 (35.9)

196 (31.7)

Background language 4

      

English

1105 (82.2)

1026 (76.3)

563 (41.9)

953 (70.9)

483 (35.9)

437 (32.5)

Other

65 (74.7)

58 (66.7)

28 (32.2)

54 (62.1)

24 (27.6)

20 (23.0)

Employment status 5

      

Employed

854 (82.7)

794 (76.9)

434 (42.0)

725 (70.2)

369 (35.7)

336 (32.5)

Not employed

316 (78.8)

291 (72.6)

156 (38.9)

281 (70.1)

135 (33.7)

119 (29.7)

Maternity care sector 6

      

Private

628 (82.7)

576 (75.9)

292 (38.5)

518 (68.2)

242 (31.9)

216 (28.5)

Public

520 (80.7)

487 (75.6)

286 (44.4)

466 (72.4)

253 (39.3)

231 (35.9)

State/Territory of residence 7

      

NSW

322 (80.9)

303 (76.1)

190 (47.7)

291 (73.1)

184 (46.2)

185 (46.5)

VIC

350 (88.8)

331 (84.0)

144 (36.5)

298 (75.6)

115 (29.2)

110 (27.9)

QLD

210 (68.9)

179 (58.7)

84 (27.5)

159 (52.1)

73 (23.9)

58 (19.0)

SA

89 (78.1)

75 (65.8)

58 (50.9)

85 (74.6)

52 (45.6)

48 (42.1)

WA

118 (91.5)

115 (89.1)

64 (49.6)

100 (77.5)

42 (32.6)

27 (20.9)

Other

82 (85.4)

81 (84.4)

51 (53.1)

73 (76.0)

40 (41.7)

27 (28.1)

  1. 1 ‘Never married’, ‘single’, ‘widowed’, ‘divorced’, or ‘separated’; 2 Respondents were asked to indicate how they managed on their available income: item re-coded so that a zero score (‘not difficult’) included responses of ‘not too bad’ or ‘easy’, and a score of one (‘difficult’) indicated that income management was reported as ‘difficult some of the time’, ‘difficult all of the time’ or ‘impossible’; 3 Based on the Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia score., re-coded as ‘urban’ (major city) or ‘non-urban’ (regional or remote) [30]; 4 As reported at ALSWH 1973–1978 Cohort Survey 1 (1996); 5 Employment status at the time of the birth of the index child: item re-coded into two categories: ‘employed’ (full-time/part-time/casual) and ‘not employed’ (looking for work/not in paid workforce); 6 Public (public hospital and birthing centre); private (private hospital and private patient at a public hospital); 7 NSW New South Wales, VIC Victoria, QLD Queensland, SA South Australia, WA Western Australia, Other: Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory (collapsed into one category due to small cell sizes).
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