The association of unwanted pregnancy and social support with depressive symptoms in pregnancy: evidence from rural Southwestern Ethiopia

Table 2 Prevalence of maternal depressive symptoms by women’s pregnancy intentions, social support and other characteristics, Southwestern Ethiopia, 2012

Variables	Depressive symptoms (EPDS ≥13)		% with depressive symptoms	P
Variables	No	Yes	% with depressive symptoms	P
Pregnancy Intention
Wanted	307	60	16.4	0.001
Mistimed	139	36	20.6
Unwanted	52	28	35.0
Social support
Low	30	36	53.0	0.001
Medium	253	53	22.6
High	215	35	16.8
Age
15-24	171	36	17.4	0.53
25-34	284	76	21.1
35+	43	12	21.8
Educational status
No formal education	347	100	34.7	0.02
Primary	129	17	11.6
Secondary & above	22	7	24.1
Occupation
Housewife	411	71	14.7	0.001
Farmer	51	40	44.0
Employed/family business	36	13	26.5
Wealth tertile
Poor	165	43	20.7	0.17
Middle	159	48	23.2
Rich	174	33	15.9
Parity
0	70	15	17.9	0.69
1-2	134	29	17.8
3-4	140	31	18.0
5⁺	154	49	24.1
Trimester of pregnancy
2^nd	186	45	19.5	0.83
3^rd	312	79	20.2	0.83
History of miscarriage/stillbirth
No	462	103	18.2	0.001
Yes	36	21	36.8	0.001
Presence of domestic violence
No	484	112	18.8	0.001
Yes	14	12	46.2	0.001
Household food security
Food Secure	336	29	8.0	0.001
Food insecure	162	95	37.0	0.001
Perceived work burden
Difficult	109	43	28.3	0.01
Moderate	185	41	18.1
Easy	204	40	16.4
Total	498	124	19.9

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