Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants to assess the prevalence of late postpartum depression and associated factors in Arba Minch town, Gamo zone Southern Ethiopia, 2022
From: Late postpartum depression and associated factors: community-based cross-sectional study
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percentage (100%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Maternal Age | 18–24 | 107 | 23.00 |
25–30 | 201 | 43.00 | |
31–35 | 64 | 13.60 | |
36–40 | 73 | 15.50 | |
41–45 | 23 | 4.90 | |
Husband Age | 18–24 | 13 | 3.00 |
25–30 | 140 | 29.80 | |
31–35 | 80 | 17.00 | |
36–40 | 143 | 30.40 | |
≥ 41 | 94 | 19.80 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 194 | 41.30 |
Protestant | 190 | 40.40 | |
Muslim | 80 | 17.00 | |
Others* | 6 | 1.30 | |
Ethnicity | Gamo | 216 | 46.00 |
Gofa | 88 | 18.70 | |
Amhara | 94 | 20.00 | |
Oromo | 48 | 10.20 | |
Others** | 24 | 5.10 | |
Household Wealth Index | Poor | 156 | 33.20 |
Medium | 165 | 35.10 | |
Rich | 149 | 31.70 | |
Maternal Occupation | House wife | 186 | 39.60 |
Merchant | 120 | 25.50 | |
Government employ | 93 | 19.80 | |
Daily worker | 29 | 6.20 | |
Student | 38 | 8.10 | |
Others*** | 4 | 0.90 | |
Partner Occupation | Merchant | 249 | 53.00 |
Government Employee | 136 | 28.90 | |
Daily Worker | 47 | 10.00 | |
Others**** | 38 | 8.10 | |
Maternal Educational Level | No formal education | 68 | 14.50 |
Primary Education | 175 | 37.20 | |
Secondary and above | 227 | 48.30 | |
Partner Educational Level | No formal education | 43 | 9.10 |
Primary Education | 149 | 31.70 | |
Secondary and above | 278 | 59.10 |