Depression among Infertile Women in Gaza Strip: Symptom Severity and Predictors

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of participated women.

Serial	Variable		%
1	Age (: )
	≤30 years	254	66.0
	>30	131	34.0
2	Living place
	North	72	18.7
	Gaza	182	47.3
	Middle area	62	16.1
	South	69	17.9
3	Education
	Illiterate	25	6.5
	Up to sec. school	133	34.5
	≥ university	227	59.0
4	Employment
	Have job	83	21.6
	Housewife	302	78.4
5	Duration of marriage (: )
	≤6 years	188	48.8
	>6	197	51.2
6	Polygamy husband
	Yes	47	12.2
	No	338	87.8
7	Type of infertility
	Primary	242	62.9
	Secondary	143	37.1
8	Duration of infertility (: )
	≤5 years	219	56.9
	>5	162	42.1
9	IVF times (: )
	≤2 times	274	71.2
	>2	106	27.5
10	No. of abortion (: )
	Zero	249	64.7
	≥1	136	35.3
11	Infertility cause
	Wife cause	54	14.0
	Husband cause	132	34.3
	Both	78	20.3
	Unknown	121	31.4