Participants’ characteristics by mental health disorder (n=921)*
| Variable | Total n (%) | Mental health disorder n (%) | No mental health disorder n (%) | P values |
| Province | ||||
| Northern Province | 613 (67.3) | 146 (59.1) | 467 (70.3) | 0.001 |
| Kigali city | 298 (32.7) | 101 (40.9) | 197 (29.7) | |
| Age groups (years) | ||||
| 15–25 | 358 (39.3) | 109 (44.1) | 249 (37.6) | 0.09 |
| 26–36 | 466 (51.2) | 121 (49.0) | 345 (52.0) | |
| 37–47 | 86 (9.5) | 17 (6.9) | 69 (10.4) | |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single, divorced, widowed, separated | 142 (15.6) | 63 (25.5) | 79 (11.9) | 0.001 |
| Married or cohabitating | 768 (84.4) | 184 (74.5) | 584 (88.1) | |
| Highest attained level of education | ||||
| Incomplete primary school | 411 (50.1) | 116 (52.7) | 295 (49.0) | |
| Complete primary school or vocational training | 215 (26.2) | 53 (24.1) | 162 (27.0) | 0.615 |
| Secondary school or university | 195 (23.7) | 51 (23.2) | 144 (24.0) | |
| Social support | ||||
| Good | 726 (79.8) | 177 (71.7) | 549 (82.8) | 0.001 |
| Poor | 184 (20.2) | 70 (28.3) | 114 (17.2) | |
| Household assets summary measure | ||||
| Improved (≥1 asset) | 710 (78.9) | 181 (74.5) | 529 (80.5) | 0.040 |
| Poor (none of the assets) | 190 (21.1) | 62 (25.5) | 128 (19.5) | |
| Partner/husband’s level of education† | ||||
| Incomplete primary school | 281 (43.0) | 56 (39.4) | 225 (43.9) | |
| Complete primary school or vocational training | 246 (37.6) | 60 (42.3) | 186 (36.3) | 0.390 |
| Secondary school or university | 127 (19.4) | 26 (18.3) | 101 (19.7) | |
| Partner/husband’s age (years)† | ||||
| 15–25 | 128 (21.0) | 27 (19.3) | 101 (21.5) | 0.73 |
| 26–36 | 442 (72.5) | 105 (75.0) | 337 (71.7) | |
| ≥37 | 40 (6.5) | 8 (5.7) | 32 (6.8) |
*P values are from Pearson’s χ2 test and show the relationship between participants’ characteristics and having a mental health disorder (MHD). Having an MHD was defined as having at least one of the MHDs that is, the major depressive episode in the past 2 weeks or in earlier periods, generalised anxiety disorder, suicidal ideation or post-traumatic stress disorder.
†Data were missing as some women could not report their husband/partner’s age and level of education.