Table 1 Comparison between pregnant and postpartum women regarding the sociodemographic data and subjective feeling of stress scores
From: Prevalence and related factors of perinatal depression in Egyptian mothers
Variable | Pregnant (N = 166) | Postpartum (N = 135) | X2 | P | Odd ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 23.7 + 4.9 | 24.7 + 5.3 | 1.547a | 0.123 | Â | |
Education | Illiterate | 43 (25.9%) | 34 (25.2%) | 28.311 | < 0.001* | Â |
Primary | 26 (15.7%) | 21 (15.6%) | ||||
Secondary | 68 (41%) | 24 (17.8%) | ||||
High education | 29 (17.5%) | 56 (41.5%) | ||||
Occupation | Housewife | 153 (92.2%) | 132 (97.8%) | Fisher’s exact test | 0.031* | 0.267 (0.075–0.959) |
Employed | 13 (7.8%) | 3 (2.2%) | ||||
Number of children | 0 | 74 (44.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | Fisher’s exact test | < 0.001* |  |
1 | 41 (24.7%) | 41 (30.4%) | ||||
≥ 2 | 51 (30.7%) | 94 (69.6%) | ||||
Socioeconomic level | Very low | 129 (77.7%) | 100 (75.2%) | 5.897 | 0.117 | Â |
Low | 18 (10.8%) | 18 (13.5%) | ||||
Middle | 16 (9.6%) | 7 (5.3%) | ||||
High | 3 (1.8%) | 8 (6.0%) | ||||
Subjective feeling of stress | Absent | 146 (88.0%) | 124 (91.9%) | 3.565 | 0.468 | Â |
Mother in low disputes | 13 (7.8%) | 9 (6.7%) | ||||
Child responsibility | 3 (1.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||
Stigma of being 2nd wife | 1 (0.6%) | 0 (0.0%) | ||||
Financial burdens | 3 (1.8%) | 2 (1.5%) | ||||