Depression and Its Determinants among Postpartum Mothers Attending at Universal College of Medical Sciences and Teaching Hospital, Bhairahawa, Rupandehi, Nepal

Table 1

Distribution of sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics of study population.

Characteristics	Frequency ()	Percentage
Age of mothers
16–25 years	104	60.1
26–35 years	69	39.9
deviation
Type of family
Nuclear	42	24.3
Joint and extended	131	75.7
Size of family
≤4 members	40	23.1
>4 members	133	76.9
Age of index child
≤7 days	158	91.3
>7 days	15	8.7
Sex of newborn
Male	87	50.3
Female	86	49.7
Birth spacing of index child ()
≤2 years	57	65.5
>2 years	30	34.5
Education of mother
Illiterate	15	8.7
Literate	21	12.1
Primary level	23	13.3
Lower secondary level	29	16.8
Secondary level	28	16.2
SLC or above	57	32.9
Education of father
Illiterate	3	1.7
Literate	2	1.2
Primary level	11	6.4
Lower secondary level	31	17.9
Secondary level	44	25.4
SLC or above	82	47.4
Occupation of mother
Housewife	158	91.3
Farmer	3	1.7
Service	8	4.6
Business/self-employed	3	1.7
Labour	1	0.6
Occupation of father
Farmer	44	25.4
Service	38	22.0
Business/self-employed	26	15.0
Labour	45	26.0
Foreign employment	9	5.2
Unemployed	11	6.4
Monthly family income (Nepalese rupees NRs)
≤NRs. 20000	24	13.9
>NRs. 20000	149	86.1

SLC: school leaving certificate.