Open AccessYoung maternal age and depressive symptoms: results from the 1988 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey.
Author(s) -
Lisa W. Deal,
Victoria L. Holt
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.88.2.266
Subject(s) - medicine , marital status , depressive symptoms , poverty , demography , mental health , population , psychological intervention , public health , national longitudinal surveys , national survey of family growth , environmental health , psychiatry , family planning , anxiety , research methodology , nursing , sociology , economics , economic growth , demographic economics
The goal of this study was to provide population-based estimates of the prevalence of depressive symptoms among primiparous US adolescent mothers.