Table 1 Socio-demographic and psychosocial characteristics of women with symptoms of postpartum depression, Sodo district, 2014 (n = 385)
Socio-demographic characteristic | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
Age (in years) | |
 Less than 20 | 28 (7.3) |
 20–29 | 174 (45.2) |
 30–39 | 175 (45.5) |
 40 or above | 8 (2.1) |
Marital status | |
 Married | 374 (97.1) |
 Single/widowed/divorced | 11 (2.9) |
Residence | |
 Rural | 363 (94.3) |
 Urban | 22 (5.7) |
Education | |
 No formal education | 308 (80.0) |
 Formal education | 77 (20.0) |
Religion | |
 Orthodox | 365 (94.8) |
 Protestant | 12 (3.1) |
 Muslim | 6 (1.6) |
 Other | 2 (0.6) |
Ethnicity | |
 Gurage | 353 (91.7) |
 Oromo | 26 (6.8) |
 Amhara | 5 (1.3) |
 Other | 1 (0.3) |
Psychosocial characteristics | |
Hunger in the past one month | |
 No | 259 (67.3) |
 Yes | 126 (32.7) |
Relative wealth | |
 Less | 171 (44.4) |
 Same | 198 (51.4) |
 Better | 16 (4.2) |
Social support | |
 Poor | 104 (27.0) |
 Intermediate | 187 (48.6) |
 Strong | 94 (24.4) |
Husband drinks too much | |
 No | 290 (75.3) |
 Yes | 95 (24.3) |
Quality of marital relationship | |
 Bad | 80 (20.8) |
 Good | 305 (79.2) |
Perceived cause of postpartum depression symptoms | |
 Psychosocial | 231 (60.0) |
 Physical | 89 (23.1) |
 Supernatural | 16 (4.2) |
 Don’t know | 49 (12.8) |
Perceived severity of PPD symptoms | |
 Mild | 81 (21.0) |
 Moderate | 151 (39.2) |
 Severe | 153 (39.8) |
WHODAS score (Disability) | |
 None | 28 (7.3) |
 Mild | 212 (55.1) |
 Moderate | 126 (32.7) |
 Severe | 18 (4.7) |
 Extreme or cannot do | 1 (0.3) |