Table 2.
Summary of baseline findings
| Baseline maternal and household measures | Total unweighted (n=1154), % and means (SD) |
Weighted, % and means (SD) |
| Age | 26.7 (4.5) | 26.6 (5.5) |
| Education (grades passed) | ||
| Women | 7.7 (4.5) | 8.1 (5.5) |
| Husbands | 8.6 (3.4) | 8.8 (4.1) |
| Women’s occupation | ||
| Housewives | 93.80% | 93.70% |
| Manual or skilled work | 6.20% | 6.30% |
| Husband’s occupation | ||
| Unemployed | 9% | 8% |
| Manual work | 91.20% | 90.90% |
| Skilled work | 8.70% | 9.10% |
| Asset-based SES variable cut into quintiles | ||
| Lowest quintile | 19.90% | 17.10% |
| Lower middle quintile | 20.00% | 18.60% |
| Middle quintile | 20.00% | 20.20% |
| Upper middle quintile | 20.00% | 21.80% |
| Upper quintile | 20.00% | 22.30% |
| Household structure | ||
| Nuclear | 22.50% | 21.90% |
| Joint/extended | 65.80% | 67.20% |
| Multiple households | 11.70% | 10.90% |
| Number of living children | ||
| First pregnancy | 30.20% | 32.20% |
| 1–3 children | 60.10% | 59.80% |
| >4 children | 9.20% | 7.90% |
| Gender of the children | ||
| Girls <18 years of age | 1.4 (1.6) | 1.4 (2.0) |
| Boys <18 years of age | 1.3 (1.6) | 1.3 (1.9) |
| PHQ-9 scores | 8.7 (6.7) | 6.7 (7.7) |
| SCID current MDE | 38.30% | 26.60% |
| PSS scores | 17.7 (9.0) | 15.8 (10.6) |
| MSPSS scores | 4.5 (1.3) | 4.6 (1.5) |
| WHO-DAS scores | 10.9 (9.4) | 9.1 (10.9) |
| IPV in last 12 months | ||
| Physical violence | 15.90% | 12.80% |
| Psychological violence | 38% | 32.80% |
| Sexual violence | 31.20% | 29.20% |
| Life events (last 12 months) | 3.6 (2.4) | 3.4 (2.9) |
PKR, local currency.
IPV, Intimate Partner Violence; MPSS, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support; MDE,Major Depressive Episode; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9; PSS, Perceived Stress Scale; SCID, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM IV Disorders; WHO-DAS, WHO Disability Assessment Schedule.