Table 4.

Correlation of postpartum depression with sociodemographic factors

Factors	Postpartum depression		P
	Present, n (%)	Absent, n (%)
Maternal age (years)
<25	35 (37.2)	59 (62.8)	0.067
26-29	27 (23.3)	89 (76.7)
>30	29 (34.1)	56 (65.8)
Age at marriage
<21	25 (34.2)	48 (65.7)	0.769
21-24	38 (28.3)	96 (71.6)
25-29	23 (33.3)	46 (66.6)
≥30	5 (26)	14 (73.6)
Education status
No formal education	24 (70.5)	10 (29.4)	0.001*
Primary	9 (36)	16 (64)
High school	21 (24.1)	66 (75.9)
Graduate	37 (24.9)	112 (75.1)
Monthly family income (Rs.)
<20,000	25 (58.1)	18 (41.9)	0.001*
20,000-50,000	58 (27.1)	156 (72.9)
>50,000	8 (21)	30 (79)
Place of residence
Rural	40 (42.1)	55 (57.9)	0.005*
Urban	51 (25.5)	149 (74.5)
Parity
1	13 (56.5)	10 (43.5)	0.021*
2	72 (28.9)	177 (71.1)
3	6 (26)	17 (74)

P>0.05 (not significant) Chi-square test used