More than a quarter of the sample (26.7%) reported depressive symptoms classified as either minor (10.7%) or major (16%) with significant distinctions by both number of pregnancies, F(18)52.43, p 5.002 and living children, F(18) 51.91,p 5.01. A higher percentage of adolescents with more living children reported depressive symptoms.Table 2 provides percentages of both minor and major depressive symptoms by gravidity and parity.Younger adolescents did not report higher EPDS scores than older adolescents. However, significant differences for depressive symptoms among ethnic groups were found, F(3) 5 3.53, p 5 .01, specifically between Black and Latina adolescents (p 5 .08).Black adolescents reported the highest rate (mean) of depressive symptoms. Yet, overall mean EPDS scores averaged below the minor depressive symptom level at 5.5, 6.10, and 8.16 for White, Latina, and Black adolescents, respectively.