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

Table 6

Comparison of risk factors for participants who specifically had depression versus those who did not in the postpartum period ().

Variables	Had depression
	Not depressed; No. 177	Depressed; No. 17	value
Age	18.0 (17.0 - 19.0)	18.0 (17.0 - 19.0)	0.47
Number of people contributing to HH income	2.0 (1.0 - 3.0)	2.0 (1.0 - 2.0)	0.55
Highest education level			0.077
Primary	2 (1.1%)	2 (11.8%)
Junior	4 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)
Secondary	171 (96.6%)	15 (88.2%)
Employed			0.31
No	174 (98.3%)	16 (94.1%)
Yes	3 (1.7%)	1 (5.9%)
Mother’s marital status			0.58
Single	82 (46.3%)	10 (58.8%)
Married	54 (30.5%)	3 (17.6%)
Other	41 (23.2%)	4 (23.5%)
Had abortion			1.00
No	175 (98.9%)	17 (100.0%)
Yes	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)
Repeat pregnancies			1.0
No	157 (88.7%)	15 (88.2%)
Yes	20 (11.3%)	2 (11.8%)
HIV			0.15
No	152 (85.9%)	12 (70.6%)
Yes	25 (14.1%)	5 (29.4%)
Physical violence			0.009
No	170 (96.0%)	13 (76.5%)
Yes	7 (4.0%)	4 (23.5%)
Sexual abuse			0.31
No	174 (98.3%)	16 (94.1%)
Yes	3 (1.7%)	1 (5.9%)
Verbal abuse			0.049
No	162 (91.5%)	13 (76.5%)
Yes	13 (7.3%)	4 (23.5%)
Missing	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)
Intimate partner violence			0.013
No	173 (97.7%)	13 (76.5%)
Yes	4 (2.3%)	3 (17.6%)
Missing	0 (0.0%)	1 (5.9%)
Partner support			0.10
None	11 (6.2%)	3 (17.6%)
Little	6 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)
Reasonable	67 (37.9%)	9 (52.9%)
A lot	93 (52.5%)	5 (29.4%)

All continuous values are reported with median and interquartile range, Med (IQR), while categories are reported in percentages, (%).