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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 30.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2009 Jul 10;55(5):10.1177/0020764008094645. doi: 10.1177/0020764008094645

Table 1.

Prevalence of Depression/Anxiety by Participant Characteristics

Variable Overall Sample
Depression/Anxiety
N % % with Dep/Anx AKUADS-SF Mean (SD)
All participants 1,368 100 18 7.7 (5.7)
Age
 20 years or less 172 13 19 7.6 (6.2)
 21–25 years 480 35 17 7.5 (5.7)
 26–30 years 459 34 18 7.7 (5.5)
 More than 30 years 257 19 20 8.1 (5.9)
Formal education
 10 years or more 467 34 18 7.7 (5.8)
 1–9 years 448 33 19 7.9 (5.7)
 None 453 33 17 7.4 (5.6)
Informal education
 Yes 1,001 73 18 7.8 (5.8)
 No 367 27 18 7.3 (5.5)
Employment
 Employed 167 12 21 8.2 (6.1)
 Not employed 1,199 88 18 7.6 (5.6)
Husband's employmenta,b
 Permanent job 1,073 78 17 7.3 (5.6)
 Temporary/seasonal job 238 17 22 8.7 (5.7)
 No job 54 4 30 9.9 (7.3)
Property indexa,b
 High (3–5 items) 762 56 16 7.2 (5.6)
 Low (0–2 items) 606 44 21 8.2 (5.9)
Number of previous pregnanciesa,b
 0 255 19 21 7.4 (6.0)
 1–2 426 31 14 7.1 (5.3)
 3 or more 686 50 20 8.1 (5.8)
Wanted this pregnancya,b
 Yes 818 60 14 7.0 (5.2)
 No 504 37 24 8.9 (6.3)
Domestic violence within 6 months of this pregnancya,b
 Physical and/or sexual abuse 208 15 42 11.8 (5.8)
 Verbal abuse only 408 30 23 9.0 (5.9)
 No abuse 707 52 8 5.7 (4.6)

Note: Depression/anxiety is defined as an AKUADS-SF score ≥ 13.

a

Mean AKUADS-SF scores varied significantly by characteristic (p < .05) based on analysis of variance

b

Percentage of respondents with depression/anxiety varied significantly (p < .05) based on chi-square test