Antenatal and Postpartum Depression: Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors among Adolescents’ in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Table 2

Frequency distributions for key categorical variables in this analysis ().

		%
Highest education level
Primary	9	2.8
Junior	12	3.7
Secondary	305	93.6
Employed
No	318	97.5
Yes	8	2.5
Mother’s marital status
Single	147	45.1
Married	101	31
Other	78	23.9
Had abortion
No	298	91.4
Yes	28	8.6
Repeat pregnancies
No	261	80.1
Yes	65	19.9
HIV
No	268	82.2
Yes	58	17.8
Physical violence
No	306	93.9
Yes	20	6.1
Sexual abuse
No	312	95.7
Yes	12	3.7
Do not wish to answer	2	0.6
Verbal abuse
No	289	88.7
Yes	34	10.4
Do not wish to answer	3	0.9
Intimate partner violence
No	312	95.7
Yes	12	3.7
Refuse to answer	2	0.6
Partner support
None	23	7.1
Little	17	5.2
Reasonable	120	36.8
A lot	166	50.9
Depression
Depressed	38	11.7
Not depressed	288	88.3
Pre/postnatal
Postnatal	194	59.5
Prenatal	132	40.5