Table 1 Participants’ characteristics.

From: A cross-country study on the impact of governmental responses to the COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health

  

Pregnant women

Postpartum women

Primigravida

Multigravida

Total

p-value

Primigravida

Multigravida

Total

p-value

Total

p-value*

N = 20361 N (%)

N = 14661 N (%)

N = 3503 N (%)

N = 23662 N (%)

N = 17742 N (%)

N = 4142 N (%)

N = 7645 N (%)

Women age

    

 < .001

   

 < .001

 

 < .001

 ≤ 24

228 (11.8)

64 (4.6)

292 (8.8)

 

212 (9.4)

62 (3.6)

274 (6.9)

 

567 (7.8)

 

25–35

1420 (73.6)

898 (64.6)

2318 (69.8)

 

1667 (73.7)

1056 (61.8)

2723 (68.6)

 

5043 (69.2)

 

 ≥ 36

281 (14.6)

428 (30.8)

709 (21.4)

 

382 (16.9)

591 (34.6)

973 (24.5)

 

1682 (23.1)

 

Missing

107 (5.2)

76 (5.2)

183 (5.2)

 

105 (4.4)

35 (2.0)

170 (4.1)

 

353 (4.6)

 

Maternal Country of birth

Country born

1790 (94.1)

1253 (94.5)

3043 (94.2)

604

2031 (94.8)

1485 (93.7)

3516 (94.3)

.141

6561 (94.3)

.855

Foreign

113 (5.9)

73 (5.5)

186 (5.8)

 

111 (5.2)

100 (6.3)

211 (5.7)

 

397 (5.7)

 

Missing

133 (6.5)

140 (9.6)

273 (7.8)

 

224 (9.5)

159 (9.0)

413 (10.0)

 

687 (9.0)

 

Live with partner

Yes

1855 (93.0)

1351 (94.5)

3206 (93.7)

.073

2153 (93.1)

1635 (93.9)

3788 (93.4)

.291

6997 (93.5)

.699

No

139 (7.0)

78 (5.5)

217 (6.3)

 

160 (6.9)

106 (6.1)

266 (6.6)

 

483 (6.5)

 

Missing

42 (2.1)

37 (2.5)

79 (2.3)

 

53 (2.2)

33 (1.9)

86 (2.1)

 

165 (2.2)

 

Exposure to COVID-19

Yes

371 (18.2)

327 (22.3)

698 (19.9)

.003

463 (19.6)

446 (25.1)

909 (22.0)

 < .001

1607 (21.0)

.031

No

1665 (81.8)

1139 (77.7)

2804 (80.1)

 

1903 (80.4)

1328 (74.9)

3231 (78.0)

 

6038 (79.0)

 

Missing

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

0 (0.0)

 

History of Mental Problems

Yes

532 (26.1)

382 (26.1)

914 (26.1)

.962

627 (26.5)

478 (26.9)

1105 (26.7)

.749

2019 (26.4)

.563

No

1504 (73.9)

1084 (73.9)

2588 (73.9)

 

1739 (73.5)

1296 (73.1)

3035 (73.3)

 

5626 (73.6)

 

Missing

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

0 (0.0)

 
    

.001

   

.019

 

.224

Secondary education or lower

480 (24.0)

417 (29.2)

897 (26.2)

 

549 (23.6)

465 (26.8)

1014 (25.0)

 

1911 (25.5)

 

Higher education

1521 (76.0)

1009 (70.8)

2530 (73.8)

 

1779 (76.4)

1270 (73.2)

3049 (75.0)

 

5581 (74.5)

 

Missing

35 (1.7)

40 (2.7)

75 (2.1)

 

38 (1.6)

39 (2.2)

77 (1.9)

 

153 (2.0)

 

Unemployment

    

.280

   

.520

 

 < .001

Yes

362 (17.8)

240 (16.4)

602 (17.2)

 

322 (13.6)

229 (12.9)

551 (13.3)

 

1154 (15.1)

 

No

1674 (82.2)

1225 (83.6)

2899 (82.8)

 

2044 (86.4)

1543 (87.1)

3587 (86.7)

 

6488 (84.9)

 

Missing

0 (0.0)

1 (0.07)

1 (0.03)

 

0 (0.0)

2 (0.001)

2 (0.0005)

 

3 (0.0004)

 
    

 < .001

   

 < .001

 

 < .001

Albania

14 (0.7)

6 (0.4)

20 (0.6)

 

14 (0.6)

3 (0.2)

17 (0.4)

 

37 (0.5)

 

Brazil

124 (6.1)

144 (9.8)

268 (7.7)

 

328 (13.9)

269 (15.2)

597 (14.4)

 

865 (11.3)

 

Bulgaria

31 (1.5)

13 (0.9)

44 (1.3)

 

26 (1.1)

14 (0.8)

40 (1.0)

 

84 (1.1)

 

Chile

102 (5.0)

70 (4.8)

172 (4.9)

 

140 (5.9)

132 (7.4)

272 (6.6)

 

444 (5.8)

 

Cyprus

138 (6.8)

82 (5.6)

220 (6.3)

 

152 (6.4)

97 (5.5)

249 (6.0)

 

469 (6.1)

 

Greece

236 (11.6)

101 (6.9)

337 (9.6)

 

260 (11.0)

116 (6.5)

376 (9.1)

 

713 (9.3)

 

Israel

74 (3.6)

142 (9.7)

216 (6.2)

 

110 (4.6)

222 (12.5)

332 (8.0)

 

549 (7.2)

 

Malta

73 (3.6)

41 (2.8)

114 (3.3)

 

96 (4.1)

53 (3.0)

149 (3.6)

 

263 (3.4)

 

Portugal

441 (21.7)

312 (21.3)

753 (21.5)

 

385 (16.3)

284 (16.0)

669 (16.2)

 

1422 (18.6)

 

Spain

182 (8.9)

171 (11.7)

353 (10.1)

 

258 (10.9)

217 (12.2)

475 (11.5)

 

828 (10.8)

 

Turkey

524 (25.7)

282 (19.2)

806 (23.0)

 

407 (17.2)

213 (12.0)

620 (15.0)

 

1426 ( (18.7)

 

UK

97 (4.8)

102 (7.0)

199 (5.7)

 

190 (8.0)

154 (8.7)

344 (8.3)

 

545 (7.1)

 
  1. Missing values not included in calculation of percentages; *Pregnant vs postpartum women; 1one missing value on number of pregnancies for pregnant women; 2two missing values on number of pregnancies for postpartum women; UK, The United Kingdom.