Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers attending maternal and child health clinics of public health centers at Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 511)
From: Postpartum depression and associated factors among mothers in Bahir Dar Town, Northwest Ethiopia
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age in years | < 20 | 111 | 21.7 |
20–29 | 353 | 69.1 | |
30–39 | 47 | 9.2 | |
Marital status | Married | 483 | 94.5 |
Single/divorced/widow | 28 | 5.5 | |
Maternal formal education | Yes | 485 | 94.9 |
No | 26 | 5.1 | |
The highest level of education | Primary school | 159 | 31.1 |
Secondary school | 213 | 41.7 | |
Diploma and above | 139 | 27.2 | |
Occupational status | Employed | 103 | 20.2 |
Merchant | 103 | 20.1 | |
Unemployed | 305 | 59.7 | |
Husband education | Yes | 493 | 96.5 |
No | 18 | 3.5 | |
Average monthly income | 446–1200 | 73 | 14.3 |
1201–2500 | 198 | 38.7 | |
2501–3500 | 95 | 18.6 | |
> 3501 | 145 | 28.4 |