Table 2: Comparisons of EDPS across different categories of exposure (risk) factors.

Variables All
n (%)
0-9
n (%)
10-12
n (%)
≥13
n (%)
χ2 P-value
Do you have a partner/husband currently?
No
Yes
14 (6)
214 (94)
6 (4)
146 (96)
3 (11)
23 (88)
5 (10)
45 (90)
3.875 0.099a
Partner/husband support
No
Yes
23 (11)
194 (89)
6 (4)
141 (96)
3 (13)
20 (87)
14 (30)
33 (70)
25.00 ≤0.0001a*
Partner/husband has other sexual partners
No
Yes
165 (75)
55 (25)
120 (80)
29 (29)
19 (83)
4 (17)
26 (54)
22 (46)
14.26 0.001a*
Receiving social support
No
Yes
24 (11)
204 (89)
9 (6)
143 (94)
4 (15)
22 (85)
11 (22)
39 (78)
11.06 0.003a*
Who supports you?
None
Partner
Family
Friend/colleagues
22 (10)
4 (2)
172 (76)
27 (12)
9 (6)
2 (1)
123 (81)
18 (12)
4 (15)
2 (8)
17 (65)
3 (12)
9 (19)
0
32 (68)
6 (13)
17.70 0.010a*
Partner/husband violent
Never
Once
More than once
199 (90)
9 (4)
13 (6)
139 (93)
6 (4)
5 (3)
22 (96)
0
1 (4)
38 (79)
3 (6)
7 (16)
10.25 0.046a*
Partner/husband drinks alcohol
Never
Sometimes
Everyday
Every weekend
83 (38)
103 (47)
1 (0.5)
31 (14)
53 (36)
79 (53)
1 (1)
15 (10)
9 (39)
8 (35)
0
6 (26)
21 (45)
16 (34)
0
10 (21)
10.55 0.059a
Stressful life events
No
Yes
106 (46)
122 (54)
86 (57)
66 (43)
10 (38)
16 (62)
10 (20)
40 (80)
21.00 ≤0.0001*
Reason for a stressful event
General problems
Pregnancy/
relationship problems
82 (71)
34 (29)
45 (70)
19 (30)
13 (81)
3 (19)
24 (67)
12 (33)
0.147 0.604a

EDPS stands for Edinburg Postnatal Depression Scale, n stands for frequency, % stands for percentage. χ2 stands for Chi square test, a indicates that fisher’s exact was considered when the number of cases were lower than 5 in a cell, and * indicates significant difference.