Table 2.

Response frequencies of parents (as a percentage) and severity of depression

Variable	Response of parents
	Not at all	Slightly	Moderately	Excessively
Unable to concentrate on daily work	8	35	36	21
Affected eating habits	34	41	13	12
Affected sleep	34	27	23	16
Affected economic status	9	8	27	56
Unable to attend social gatherings	22	28	23	27
Variable	Response of parents
	yes		No
Affected relation with spouse	23		77
Downgraded by relatives	56		44
Take drug to relieve tension	23		77
Would have terminated this pregnancy if it had been diagnosed prenatally	72		28
Affected respondent’s desired family size.	44		56
Is this your family marriage	93		07
Would do cousin marriage of your children	49		51
Depression among respondents
Severity of depression	Frequency( in percentage)
Minimal depression	29
Mild depression	39
Moderate depression	23
Moderately severe depression	6
Severe depression	3