Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of sample at recruitment (baseline)

Demographic and clinical variables	Total (N = 425)		No IPV (N = 366)		IPV (N = 59)		χ2
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age							1.52
18–21 years	74	17.4	65	17.8	9	15.2
22–30 years	235	55.3	205	56.0	30	50.9
31 years or more	116	27.3	96	26.2	20	33.9
Marital status							6.20*
Lives with a partner	148	34.8	119	32.5	29	49.2
Does not live with a partner	277	65.2	247	67.5	30	50.8
Educational level							3.08a
Grade 0–11	251	59.1	210	57.4	41	69.5
Grade 12 or more	174	40.9	156	42.6	18	30.5
Employment							2.15
Employed	193	45.4	161	44.0	32	54.2
Unemployed/studying	232	54.6	205	56.0	27	45.8
Food status							6.80a
Food secure	107	21.2	94	25.7	13	22.0
Mildly food insecure	97	22.8	90	24.6	7	11.9
Moderately food insecure	94	22.1	76	20.8	18	30.5
Severely food insecure	127	29.9	106	29.0	21	35.6
HIV status							1.88
Negative	282	68.6	248	69.9	34	60.7
Positive	129	31.4	107	30.1	22	39.3
MINI diagnosis							14.93***
Not depressed	249	58.6	228	62.3	21	35.6
Depressed	176	41.4	138	31.7	38	64.4
Suicide risk							6.19*
Low	351	82.6	309	84.4	42	71.2
High	74	17.4	57	15.6	17	28.8
	Median	IQR	Median	IRQ	Median	IQR	U
HAM-D score	15	6	15	6	18	7	−2.95*
EPDS score	17	5	17	5	18	7	−2.96**
WHODAS score	25	25	25	25	22.2	25	1.08
AUDIT score	0	6	0	5	2	11	−2.72**
MSPSS score	60	16	60	16	61	24	0.66

*Significant at <0.05 level; **significant at <0.01 level; ***significant at <0.001 level.

^aMarginal.