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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers who have postnatal care at Debre Berhan health centers and referral hospital, 2018

From: Prevalence of postpartum depression and associated factors among postnatal care attendees in Debre Berhan, Ethiopia, 2018

Variables

Category

Frequency

Percentage

Age in years

19–24

43

14.0

25–45

265

86.0

Marital status

Single

28

9.1

Widowed/widower

19

6.2

Married

261

84.7

Address

Urban

215

69.8

Rural

93

30.2

Religion

Orthodox

191

62.0

Catholic

15

4.9

Muslim

47

15.3

Protestant

55

17.9

Ethnicity

Amhara

234

76.0

Oromo

62

20.1

Tigray

12

3.9

Attended modern education

Yes

206

66.9

No

102

33.1

Occupational status of mother

Government employed

84

27.2

House wife

146

47.4

private employed

58

18.8

Farmer

8

2.6

Unemployed

12

3.9

Monthly income

≤ 1200

5

1.6

1201–2500

35

11.4

≥2501

268

87.0