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Table 5 Comparison of chilla characteristics by baseline clinical depression, Bachpan cohort, Pakistan

From: Maternal depression in rural Pakistan: the protective associations with cultural postpartum practices

 

Non-Depressed Baseline

Depressed Baseline

Test of Difference

N/Mean

%/SD

N/Mean

%/SD

T-Test

Chi-Squared

N = 418

N = 405

  

Chilla

 Yes

379

90.67

350

86.42

 

3.67

 

N = 379

N = 350

  

Duration

    

3.79***

 

 1–7

28

7.39

43

12.29

  

 8–14

37

9.76

41

11.71

  

 15–20

52

13.72

68

19.43

  

 21–25

20

5.28

18

5.14

  

 26–30

27

7.12

26

7.43

  

 31–35

14

3.69

16

4.57

  

 36–40

201

53.03

138

39.43

  

Chores

     

0.02

 Yes

323

85.22

297

84.86

  

Female Support

     

3.09

 Yes

358

94.46

328

93.71

  

Diet

     

0.18

 Yes

359

94.72

320

91.43

  

Satisfaction

     

16.89***

 Yes

334

88.13

268

76.57

  
  1. *p < .05, ** < .01, ***p < .001
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