Research Article
The Prevalence of Depression among Family Caregivers of Children with Intellectual Disability in a Rural Setting in Kenya
Table 3
Social demographic correlates of depression.
| Age of caregiver and depression | 25–30 | 24.5 | 28 | 0.001 | 31–45 | 26.3 | 30 | “ | 46–65 | 23.7 | 27 | “ | >66 | 4.4 | 5 | “ |
| Religion and depression | Protestants | 46.6 | 53 | 0.003 | Catholics | 32.4 | 37 | “ |
| Gender and depression | Male | 10.6 | 12 | 0.02 | Female | 68.5 | 78 | |
| Marital status and depression | Single | 21.9 | 25 | “ | Married | 44.7 | 51 | “ | Divorced | 6.2 | 7 | “ | Separated | 6.2 | 7 | “ |
| Level of education and depression | Informal | 10.6 | 12 | 0.000 | Primary | 52.6 | 60 | “ | Secondary | 15.8 | 18 | “ |
| Employment status and depression | Unemployed | 63.1 | 72 | 0.000 | Business | 5.3 | 6 | “ | Student | 10.5 | 12 | “ |
| Other sibling in the family and depression | | 78.9 | 90 | 0.001 |
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“ means the significant is the same as the first one in each particular column.
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