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

Table 2

Comparison of severity of depression symptoms with regard to participants’ characteristics.

Serial	Variables	Level of depression
		No depression	Mild depression	Moderate depression	Severe depression
1	Age
	≤30 years	131	58	15	25	.061
	>30	59	28	18	16
2	Living place
	North	38	13	8	6
	Gaza	91	44	9	20	.278
	Middle area	25	14	10	9
	South	36	15	6	6
3	Education
	Illiterate	6	8	4	4
	Up to sec. school	64	28	9	14	.271
	≥ university	120	50	20	23
4	Duration of marriage
	≤6 years	108	39	14	10	.001
	>6	82	47	19	31
5	Polygamy husband
	Yes	21	9	4	7	.716
	No	169	77	29	34
6	Duration of infertility
	≤5 years	107	50	18	24	.985
	>5	79	36	15	17
7	IVF times
	>2 times	142	64	22	22	.055
	≤2	46	22	11	18
8	Infertility cause
	Wife cause	21	18	5	6
	Husband cause	31	27	8	6	.012
	Both	30	19	10	11
	Unknown	58	22	10	18
9	Type of infertility
	Primary	129	54	18	15	0.02
	Secondary	61	32	15	26
10	Employment
	Have a job	43	18	8	9	.981
	Housewife	147	68	25	32
11	No. of abortion
	Zero	142	50	17	14	<.0001
	≥1	48	36	16	27