Survey Data on Stress and Anxiety in Low-Income Overweight Pregnant and Postpartum Women

342 pregnant and 365 postpartum low-income overweight or obese women completed validated surveys measuring relationship satisfaction, family functioning, communication, stress, and anxiety. Regression analysis by Mei-Wei Chang found relationship satisfaction and family functioning were negatively associated with stress and anxiety for both groups. The dataset, last updated in May 2026, contains the demographic description of this sample.

Use Cases

• Analyze associations between relationship satisfaction and stress levels based on survey scores mentioned in the description
• Investigate links between general family functioning and anxiety based on regression results for pregnant and postpartum groups
• Study the lack of association between communication and stress/anxiety in the described low-income sample

Strengths

• Dataset includes survey results from 707 total participants (342 pregnant, 365 postpartum).
• Analysis uses validated surveys and presents specific regression coefficients (β) and p-values for key relationships.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data reflects a specific demographic (low-income, overweight/obese pregnant/postpartum women), which may limit generalizability.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Mei-Wei Chang

Collection Method

Survey data collected from participants, analyzed via regression.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 17:26:27; freshness should be verified.