Table 1 The characteristics of mothers who delivered before and during COVID-19 (N= 29592)

Mother’s age

0.338

 < 20

693

4.84

712

4.66

1405

 20–35

11162

77.97

12018

78.67

23180

 > 35

2461

17.19

2546

16.67

5007

Nationality

0.053

 Jordanian

12699

88.70

13440

87.98

26139

 Syrians

1617

11.30

1836

12.02

3453

Sector

0.000

 Public hospital

9012

62.95

10740

70.31

19752

 Private hospital

3008

21.01

2900

18.98

5908

 Teaching hospital

2296

16.04

1636

10.71

3932

Income

0.000

 ≤ 700 USD

10513

79.22

12475

85.25

22988

 > 700 USD

2758

20.78

2158

14.75

4916

Multiplicity

0.000

 Singleton

13836

96.65

14379

94.13

28215

 Twin

439

3.07

835

5.47

1274

 Triplet or more

41

0.29

62

0.41

103

Parity

0.000

 Primiparous *

827

5.78

107

0.70

934

 Low multiparity (parity 2-4)

9045

63.18

10361

67.83

19406

 Grand multiparity +5

4444

31.04

4808

31.47

9252

Gestational age

0.186

 Extremely preterm (< 28 weeks)

76

0.53

77

0.50

153

 Very preterm (28 to 32 weeks)

146

1.02

161

1.05

307

 Moderate-to-late preterm (32 to 37 weeks)

1142

7.98

1117

7.31

2259

Mode of delivery

0.595

 Normal delivery

7228

48.2

7761

51.8

14989

 Caesarean section

7088

48.5

7515

51.5

14603