Research Article

Antenatal Depression and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Service in Kochi Health Center, Jimma Town, Ethiopia

Table 6

Factors associated with antenatal depression among pregnant women in Kochi Health Center, Jimma town, southwest Ethiopia, 2019.

VariablesCategoriesFrequency (%)Antenatal depression among pregnant womanChi-square ( value)
Yes (%)No (%)

ResidenceUrban289 (92.1)50 (17.3)239 (82.7)1.4405 (0.230052)
Rural25 (7.9)2 (8)23 (92)

Age of the respondents15-1923 (7.4)4 (17.4)19 (82.6)6.9594 (0.138052)
20-2472 (22.9)16 (22.2)56 (77.8)
25-29121 (38.5)23 (19)98 (81)
30-3480 (25.4)6 (7.5)74 (92.5)
≥3518 (5.8)3 (16.7)15 (83.3)

OccupationHousewife176 (56.1)25 (14.2)151 (85.6)4.2657 (0.371246)
Government employee32 (10.2)5 (15.6)27 (84.4)
Merchant56 (17.8)9 (16.1)47 (83.9)
Daily laborer28 (8.9)8 (28.6)20 (71.4)
Others22 (7.9)5 (22.7)17 (77.3)

Marital statusSingle19 (6.1)15 (79.0)4 (21.1)72.1353 (< 0.00001)
Married280 (89.2)30 (10.7)250 (89.3)
Divorced11 (3.5)6 (54.5)5 (45.4)
Widowed4 (1.2)1 (25)3 (75)

EthnicityOromo149 (47.5)26 (17.5)123 (82.5)1.6634 (0.797358)
Kefa73 (23.2)10 (13.7)63 (86.3)
Amhara61 (19.4)9 (14.8)52 (85.2)
Yem25 (8.0)6 (24)19 (76)
Others6 (1.9)1 (16.7)5 (83.3)

ReligionMuslim141 (44.9)24 (17.0)117 (83.0)0.4443 (0.930957)
Orthodox96 (30.6)14 (14.6)82 (85.4)
Protestant60 (19.1)11 (18.3)49 (81.7)
Others17 (5.4)3 (17.6)14 (82.4)

Educational statusIlliterate57 (18.1)10 (17.5)47 (82.5)8.2355 (0.083324)
Read and write65 (20.7)18 (27.7)47 (72.3)
Primary school116 (36.9)14 (12.1)102 (87.9)
Secondary school51 (16.2)7 (13.7)44 (86.3)
College and above25 (8.0)3 (12.0)22 (88.0)

Family monthly income<1000 birr171 (54.5)27 (15.8)144 (84.2)0.1769 (0.915365)
1000-2500 birr90 (28.6)16 (17.8)74 (82.2)
>2500 birr53 (16.9)9 (17)44 (83)

Other occupation includes waiters and homemade. Other ethnicities include Gurage, Tigre, and Wolayeta. Other religion includes catholic and Wakefeta.