Prevalence of Antenatal Depression and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at Dubti Hospital: A Case of Pastoralist Region in Northeast Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women (n=357) attending antenatal care at Dubti Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia, 2016.
Variables
Frequency (n)
Percent ()
Maternal age (in year)
<20
39
10.9
20-24
110
30.8
25-29
128
35.9
30-34
47
13.2
>34
33
9.2
Residence
Urban
302
84.6
Rural
55
15.4
Educational status
No formal education
52
42.6
Formal education
205
57.4
Current marital status
Unmarried
12
3.4
Married
345
96.6
Religion
Muslim
245
68.6
Christian
112
31.4
Ethnicity
Afar
172
48.2
Tigre
66
18.4
Amhara
103
28.9
Other
16
4.5
Occupation
Housewife
238
66.6
Employed (salary paid)
92
25.8
Running personal business
27
7.6
Average family monthly income (ETB)
<=500
39
10.9
>500
318
89.1
Single, divorced, and widowed. †Ethiopian orthodox, protestant, and catholic. $ Government and private employee. μ Oromo, Wolaita. ETB: Ethiopian birr.
