Table 1. Socioeconomic characteristics and their association with the depressive symptoms of pregnant women assisted in two public hospitals of reference in the city of Goiânia, Brazil, 2015 (n = 375).
| Characteristics | Depressive Symptoms** | Statistics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||||
| n | % | n | % | PR (95%CI) | P | |
| Age Group *** | ||||||
| 19 to 26 | 30/212 | 14.15 | 182/212 | 85.85 | 0.83(0.52–1.34) | 0.454* |
| 27 to 55 | 27/159 | 16.98 | 132/159 | 83.02 | ||
| Single/divorced | ||||||
| Yes | 16/58 | 27.59 | 42/58 | 72.41 | 2.08(1.26–3.44) | 0.005* |
| No | 42/317 | 13.25 | 275/317 | 86.75 | ||
| Years of education*** | ||||||
| ≤ 8 years of education | 18/85 | 21.18 | 67/85 | 78.82 | 1.55(0.93–2.58) | 0.090* |
| > 8 years of education | 38/279 | 13.62 | 241/279 | 86.38 | ||
| Family income*** | ||||||
| ≤ three minimum wages**** | 41/272 | 15.07 | 231/272 | 84.93 | 0.70(0.33–1.51) | 0.379* |
| > three minimum wages **** | 6/28 | 21.43 | 22/28 | 78.57 | ||
| Religious *** | ||||||
| No | 9/48 | 18.75 | 39/48 | 81.25 | 1.23(0.65–2.34) | 0.533* |
| Yes | 48/315 | 15.24 | 267/315 | 84.76 | ||
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; n, number; PR, prevalence ratio.
* Chi-square test; ** Punctuation ≥ 12 in the subscale of depression of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS); *** Some did not respond; **** Minimum wage = R$ 788.00 (roughly US$ 262.00 in 2015).