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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of women by language of interview

From: Validation of a brief mental health screening tool for pregnant women in a low socio-economic setting

 

English (n = 30)

Median (IQR)

Afrikaans (n = 19)

Median (IQR)

isiXhosa (n = 17)

Median (IQR)

P-value*

Age

26.1 (23.8–29.3)

26.0 (21.5–33.7)

31.0 (28.0–35.9)

0.035

Pregnancies

2 (1–3)

3 (2–3)

2 (2–3)

0.031

Live births

1 (0–2)

1 (0–2)

1 (1–2)

0.382

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

P-value**

Highest grade completed

 Grade 7–9

6 (20.0)

9 (47.4)

0

0.020

 Grade 10–12

22 (73.3)

10 (52.6)

17 (100)

 

 Diploma

2 (6.7)

0

0

 

Employment status

 Employed

12 (40.0)

4 (21.1)

8 (47.1)

0.244

 Unemployed

16 (53.3)

15 (79.0)

9 (52.9)

 

 Student

2 (6.7)

0

0

 

Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale

 Negative (score < 13)

27 (90.0)

12 (63.2)

11 (64.7)

0.042

 Positive (score ≥ 13)

3 (10.0)

7 (36.8)

6 (35.3)

 
  1. *Kruskal Wallis test
  2. **Fisher’s exact test