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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the participants (n = 339)

From: The relationship of childbirth experience with postpartum depression and anxiety: a cross-sectional study

characteristics of Socio-demographic

Mean (SD)

Relationship with Depression

Relationship with Anxiety

R

P-Value

r

P-Value

Age (Year)

28.7 (6.0)

0.12

0.000

-0.04

0.418

Spouse age (Year)

33.9 (6.6)

0.11

0.047

-0.05

0.349

Married age (Year)

20.9 (5.4)

0.12

0.023

-0.07

0.190

Body mass index (kg/m2)

25.6 (4.8)

-0.06

0.238

-0.04

0.470

Gestational age (Week)

38.6 (1.0)

0.02

0.755

0.03

0.617

 

Number (Percent)

Mean (SD)

P-Value

Mean (SD)

P-Value

Sufficiency of income for living expenses

 

0.001

 

0.903

Completely sufficient

101 (29.8)

9.1 (5.7)

 

92.3 (20.5)

 

Somewhat sufficient

160 (47.2)

8.6 (5.9)

 

91.1 (19.2)

 

Insufficient

78 (23.0)

11.6 (6.5)

 

91.7 (20.8)

 

Home status

  

0.117

 

0.062

Private house

205 (60.5)

9.0 (5.6)

 

91.3 (19.5)

 

Corporate home

112 (23.0)

9.0 (6.4)

 

90.3 (18.4)

 

Living in a relatives’ house

22 (6.5)

11.5 (8.1)

 

101.1 (28.3)

 

Education

  

0.103

 

0.601

Primary school

131 (38.6)

8.4 (5.8)

 

92.0 (20.6)

 

Secondary school

155 (45.7)

9.8 (6.4)

 

91.7 (20.1)

 

High school

40 (11.8)

11.2 (5.8)

 

92.5 (19.2)

 

Diploma

12 (3.5)

10.1 (5.0)

 

82.4 (13.6)

 

University

1 (0.3)

11 (0.0)

 

97.0 (0.0)

 

Spouse education

  

0.657

 

0.119

Primary school

135 (39.8)

9.3 (6.1)

 

93.2 (20.6)

 

Secondary school

132 (38.9)

9.9 (6.3)

 

91.7 (19.4)

 

High school

55 (16.2)

8.9 (5.8)

 

86.1 (19.4)

 

Diploma

17 (5.0)

8.7 (4.9)

 

96.1 (18.3)

 

Job

  

0.003

 

0.820

Housewife

279 (82.3)

8.9 (5.9)

 

91.6 (19.8)

 

Working at home

57 (16.8)

12.1 (6.6)

 

90.9 (21.0)

 

Working abroad

3 (0.9)

23.0 (2.8)

 

99.0 (2.8)

 

Spouse employment

  

0.488

 

0.159

Unemployed

12 (3.5)

8.3 (5.9)

 

82.3 (22.1)

 

Employee

49 (14.5)

8.5 (4.9)

 

90.2 (20.5)

 

Manual worker

93 (27.4)

9.3 (6.1)

 

89.9 (18.5)

 

Self-employment

185 (54.6)

9.9 (6.4)

 

93.5 (20.3)

 

Gravid

  

0.172

 

0.296

1

121 (35.7)

8.6 (5.9)

 

89.3 (18.7)

 

2

118 (34.8)

9.9 (6.3)

 

92.8 (19.8)

 

≥ 3

100 (29.5)

9.8 (6.0)

 

92.9 (21.4)

 

Abortion

  

0.005

 

0.425

Yes

236 (69.6)

8.8 (5.7)

 

91.0 (19.2)

 

No

103 (30.4)

10.8 (6.6)

 

92.9 (21.6)

 

Control during pregnancy

  

0.001

 

0.004

No

175 (51.6)

10.8 (6.3)

 

89.8 (4.4)

 

Yes

164 (48.4)

8.1 (5.5)

 

86.2 (4.0)

 

Prenatal education

  

0.476

 

0.107

No

305 (90.0)

9.5 (6.1)

 

86.4 (20.8)

 

Yes

34 (10.0)

8.7 (6.3)

 

92.2 (19.8)

 

Mode of Delivery

  

0.247

 

0.247

Normal Vaginal delivery (NVD)

166 (49.0)

9.0 (6.2)

 

90.8 (20.7)

 

Elective Cesarean Section

118 (34.8)

10.1 (5.6)

 

93.9 (17.9)

 

Emergency Cesarean Section

55 (16.2)

9.8 (6.7)

 

89.5 (21.7)

 

Neonatal NICU admission

  

0.252

 

0.260

No

283 (83.5)

9.6 (6.3)

 

94.4 (18.2)

 

Yes

56 (16.5)

5.6 (5.0)

 

91.1 (20.3)

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