Postpartum Women Data: Survey Responses on Stress, Anxiety, and Family Functioning

707 low-income overweight or obese pregnant and postpartum women completed validated surveys measuring relationship satisfaction, family functioning, communication, stress, and anxiety. Regression analysis found higher relationship satisfaction and family functioning were significantly associated with lower stress and anxiety levels in both groups. The dataset, shared by Mei-Wei Chang on figshare, contains the survey results used in this study.

Use Cases

• Analyze associations between family relationship satisfaction and maternal stress levels based on survey scores.
• Investigate the link between general family functioning and anxiety in postpartum women based on validated measures.
• Compare the impact of communication versus relationship satisfaction on mental health outcomes in low-income perinatal populations.
• Build predictive models for stress or anxiety risk factors using survey-derived variables.

Strengths

• Dataset includes survey responses from 707 participants (342 pregnant, 365 postpartum), providing a substantive sample size.
• Variables are based on validated surveys measuring relationship satisfaction, family functioning, communication, stress, and anxiety.
• Regression analysis results (beta coefficients and p-values) are provided in the description, confirming statistically significant findings.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Mei-Wei Chang

Collection Method

Survey data collected from participants using validated instruments.

Freshness

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