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Table 1 The socio-demographic characteristics of the study population

From: Prevalence and risk factors for postpartum depression among women seen at Primary Health Care Centres in Damascus

  

No

%

Mean Age (SD)

 

27.7 (6)

 

Mean Age at Marriage (SD)

 

21 (4.1)

 

Women’s Education

Illiterate/R Or W

39

3.6

Basic

515

47

Secondary

337

30.8

High

204

18.6

Women’s work status

No

910

82.3

Yes

195

17.7

Husband’s Education

Basic or illiterate

554

50.9

Secondary/High

534

49.1

Husband’s work

No

30

2.7

Yes

1060

97.2

Lives in a separate house

Yes

586

53

No

519

47

No. of families sharing the house

1

580

52.7

2

390

35.5

3 or more

130

11.8

Internal displacement due to war

Yes

505

46.5

No

580

53.5