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Table 1 Demographic characteristics across data collection wave

From: Perinatal health care access, childbirth concerns, and birthing decision-making among pregnant people in California during COVID-19

Characteristic

June–July 2020

n = 433

N (%)

December 2020–January 2021

n = 387

N (%)

Maternal age

 18–24

53 (12.2)

27 (7.0)

 25–34

255 (58.9)

224 (57.9)

 35+

125 (28.9)

136 (35.1)

Participant is essential worker

 Yes

103 (23.8)

149 (38.5)

 No

112 (25.9)

84 (21.7)

 Not currently employed / no answer

218 (50.3)

154 (39.8)

Ethnicity

 Hispanic

149 (34.4)

151 (39.0)

 Not Hispanic

280 (64.7)

236 (61.0)

Race

 White

233 (53.8)

199 (51.4)

 Black / African American

20 (4.6)

18 (4.7)

 Indigenous / First Nations

4 (.9)

2 (.5)

 Asian / Pacific Island / Native Hawaiian

36 (8.3)

37 (9.6)

 Other race

37 (8.6)

42 (10.9)

 Multiracial

82 (18.9)

64 (16.5)

Urbanicity

 Rural

22 (5.1)

14 (3.7)

 Semi-rural

51 (11.8)

33 (8.6)

 Suburban

191 (44.1)

162 (42.3)

 Urban

99 (22.9)

85 (22.2)

 Major metropolitan

63 (14.6)

89 (23.2)

Trimester of pregnancy

 1st (0–13 weeks+ 6 days)

96 (22.2)

121 (31.3)

 2nd (14–27 weeks+ 6 day)

188 (43.4)

172 (44.4)

 3rd (28–42 weeks)

142 (32.8)

94 (24.2)

 No answer / unsure

7 (1.6)

0 (.0)

Parity

 Primipara

206 (47.6)

183 (47.4)

 Multipara

227 (52.4)

203 (52.6)

  1. Every participant did not respond to every item; therefore Ns do not necessarily sum to total analytic sample size