Associations between social support, mental wellbeing, self-efficacy and technology use in first-time antenatal women: data from the BaBBLeS cohort study

Table 1 Sample characteristics (N = 492)

	n missing (%)	n (%)	Median (LQ - UQ)	Min	Max
Age (years)	19 (3.9%)		28 (24–32)	16	46
Gestation (weeks)	10 (2.0%)		13 (12.4–14.4)	7.7	24.9
IMD decile	15 (3.0%)		4 (2–6)	1	10
Geographical area	0 (0.0%)
Site 1 (West Midlands)		171 (34.8%)
Site 2 (London)		140 (28.5%)
Site 3 (Lancashire)		61 (12.4%)
Site 4 (East Midlands)		53 (10.8%)
Site 5 (West Yorkshire)		67 (13.6%)
Ethnicity	20 (4.1%)
White British		305 (64.6%)
Other		167 (35.4%)
Education Level	11 (2.2%)
Degree or higher		237 (49.3%)
No degree		244 (50.7%)
Relationship status	4 (0.8%)
Married, or living with partner		408 (83.6%)
Not married, or not living with partner		80 (16.4%)
Employment	14 (2.8%)
In paid employment		412 (86.2%)
Not in paid employment		66 (13.8%)

Age data approximated a normal distribution; data for weeks’ gestation and IMD were highly skewed. Therefore, median and LQ-UQ are reported for all of the three variables
Ethnicity: ‘Other’ includes other white, Asian or Asian British, black or black British, mixed, and other
Education level: ‘No degree’ includes those who left school before completing GCSE’s, completed GCSE’s, hold A Levels or an apprenticeship, or professional qualifications
Relationship status: ‘Not married, or not living with partner’ includes single and other (e.g. widow)
Employment: ‘In paid employment’ includes full- and part-time employment, self-employed and on leave from employment; ‘Not in paid employment’ includes studying/training and not in paid employment
LQ lower quartile, UQ upper quartile; n (%) - denominator is n of participants with data
IMD Index of multiple deprivation, ranging from decile 1 (most deprived) to 10 (least deprived)

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