Table 4.
Proportion of depressive symptoms in 1825 girls who married during follow-up stratified by the experience of abuse and childbirth respectively (Objective 3 Association between childbirth and abuse within marriage and depressive symptoms).
| Total |
PHQ <9 |
PHQ ≥9 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| N = 1825 | N = 1476 | N = 349 | |
| Age at marriage (years) | |||
| Median (IQR) | 18.0 (16.0–19.0) | 18.0 (16.0–19.0) | 18.0 (17.0–19.0) |
| Mean (SD) | 17.7 (1.9) | 17.7 (1.9) | 17.6 (1.8) |
| Experienced any abusea, n (%) | |||
| No | 827 (45.3) | 703 (47.6) | 124 (35.5) |
| Yes | 907 (49.7) | 703 (47.6) | 204 (58.5) |
| Missing | 91 (5.0) | 70 (4.7) | 21 (6.0) |
| Childbirth, n (%) | |||
| No | 911 (49.9) | 736 (49.9) | 175 (50.1) |
| Yes | 914 (50.1) | 740 (50.1) | 174 (49.9) |
IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.
a
abuse-physical, emotional or sexual abuse.