Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents
Variable | Category | Frequency (N = 212) | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age in years | 16Â years and below | 34 | 16.0 |
17Â years | 72 | 34.0 | |
18Â years | 106 | 50.0 | |
Age in years | (Mean, SD, range) | (17.3, 1.92, 14–18) | |
Marital status | Single | 153 | 72.2 |
Married/with partner | 59 | 27.8 | |
Level of education | Primary school | 103 | 48.6 |
Secondary/high school | 109 | 51.4 | |
Current occupation | Student | 33 | 15.6 |
Employed | 33 | 15.6 | |
Unemployed | 146 | 68.9 | |
Religion | Christian | 207 | 97.6 |
Other | 5 | 2.4 | |
Family monthly income (Ksh.) | < 4999 | 67 | 31.6 |
5000–9999 | 98 | 46.2 | |
10,000–34,999 | 44 | 20.8 | |
> 35,000 | 3 | 1.4 | |
Persons living with | Parents | 66 | 31.1 |
Spouse | 57 | 26.9 | |
Friends/alone | 7 | 3.3 | |
Others | 82 | 38.7 | |
Psychological history and psychiatric characteristics of the respondents | |||
 Attitude of the father towards the pregnancy | Positive | 87 | 41.0 |
Negative | 78 | 36.8 | |
Ambivalent | 44 | 20.8 | |
Not told about pregnancy | 3 | 1.4 | |
 Presence of social support (partner; mother; friend; church etc.) | No | 47 | 22.2 |
Yes | 165 | 77.8 | |
 Family member ever been treated for a mental illness, e.g., depression or committed suicide? | No | 181 | 85.4 |
Yes | 31 | 14.6 | |
 Age at sexual debut (years) | < 11 | 13 | 6.1 |
11–14 | 44 | 20.8 | |
15–18 | 155 | 73.1 | |
 Age at sexual debut | (Mean, SD, range) | (15.3, 1.9, 9–18) | |
 Experienced intimate partner violence in pregnancy | No | 198 | 93.4 |
Yes | 14 | 6.6 | |
 EPDS categories | Normal | 84 | 39.6 |
Abnormal | 128 | 60.4 | |
 EPDS scores | (Mean, SD, range) | (12.3, 7.7, 0–27) | |
 BECK depression categories | Normal | 23 | 10.8 |
Mild | 23 | 10.8 | |
Moderate | 56 | 26.4 | |
Severe | 110 | 51.9 | |
 BECK depression | (Mean, SD, range) | (29.4, 12.2, 4–60) | |