Prevalence and Predictors of Postpartum Depression: Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1

Socio-demographic and economic related characteristics of women in Gondar town who gave birth in the last 6 weeks, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018, ().

Variables	Frequency	Percent (%)
Ethnicity
Amhara	394	74.9
Others*	132	25.1
Religion
Orthodox	345	65.6
Others**	181	34.4
Current maternal age (in years)
Below 30	299	56.8
30 and above	227	43.2
Marital status
In marital relation	421	80.04
Not in marital relation	105	19.96
Maternal education
Non educated	14	2.7%
Up to intermediate	364	69.2
College and above	148	28.1
Husband education ( )
Noneducated	10	2.4
Inter-mediate	234	55.6
College and above	177	34
Maternal occupation
House wife	221	42
Student	46	8.8
Employed	232	44.1
Daily labor	27	5.1
Husband occupation ( )
Employed	290	68.9
Merchant	101	24
Daily labor	30	7.1
Family income (ETB*
<750 ETB	24	4.56%
750–1200 ETB	53	10.08%
>1200 ETB	449	85.36%

Other* = Kemanit, Tigre, Gurage, Agew; other** = Muslim, catholic and protestant; ETB* = Ethiopian birr.