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This paper examines the lifetime prevalence and correlates of major de
pressive disorder in a cohort of former school-age mothers and compare
s the prevalence and correlates to those found in women of the same ag
e, ethnicity, and geographical location as the school-age mothers. The
sociodemographic characteristics show some striking differences. The
former young mothers were less likely to be on public assistance (19%
vs. 42%), but were more likely to be working (78% vs. 55%), to have co
mpleted high school or college and to meet the DSM-III criteria for de
pression (10.7% vs. 4.9%) than the sample of community women. The only
factor related to depression in the former school-age mothers was a d
iagnosis of drug/alcohol abuse or dependence.