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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of study participants (n = 1039) a

From: Prevalence and predictors of depression among women attending antenatal care in Moshi, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

 

N (%)

Gestational age (Trimester)

  1st trimester

250 (25.2)

  2nd trimester

686 (69.3)

  3rd trimester

54 (5.4)

Age median (IQR)

25 (21, 29)

  ≤ 25 years

563 (54.2)

  > 25 years

475 (45.8)

Education

  Primary or none

533 (51.3)

  Secondary

437 (42.1)

  Post-secondary

69 (6.6)

Marital status

  Married

599 (57.8)

  Not married

438 (42.2)

Income generating activities

  None

390 (37.6)

  Informal (e.g., selling vegetables, clothing)

491 (47.3)

  Formal (i.e., salaried employment)

157 (15.1)

First pregnancy

  Yes

394 (38.0)

  No

644 (62.0)

HIV status

  Negative

598 (57.6)

  Positive

32 (3.1)

  Unknown

409 (39.4)

Ever experienced violence

  Yes

371 (35.8)

  No

665 (64.2)

Presented with partner

  Yes

548 (52.7)

  No

491 (47.3)

 

Median (Q1, Q3)

General social support

17 (14, 21)

Partner support

10 (8, 12)

  1. a Numbers may not add to total due to missing values