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Table 2 Percentage of participants and worry level and worry-related issues by pregnancy stage

From: Frequency and source of worries in an International sample of pregnant and postpartum women during the Covid-19 pandemic

How worried are you about COVID-19?

All

Pregnancy stage (weeks) / Postpartum

0–13

13–28

28–42

Postpartum

Not worried at all

2.6

3.5*

1.6*

2.0*

4.3*

Not very worried

11.3

11.0

10.8

12.0

11.3

Somewhat worried

48.4

48.3

48.3

48.7

48.3

Very worried

37.8

37.2

39.3*

37.3

36.0

What about COVID-19 makes you most worried?a

  That my family members’/friends’ will be infected with COVID-19

69.4

64.8*

69.9

69.5

73.4*

  That my partner will get COVID-19

60.5

54.0*

62.6*

61.8

60.8

  That my family will not be able to visit me after delivery

60.3

51.5*

64.1*

71.1*

43.6*

  That my unborn baby will get COVID-19

60.2

58.4*

68.5*

70.2*

28.1*

  That my partner/support person will not be able to be with me during delivery because of COVID-19

56.6

50.8*

64.9*

68.2*

25.7*

  That I will get COVID-19

55.9

52.1*

56.1

55.1

60.9*

  That my parents/grandparents will not be able to visit the baby because of measures to stop COVID-19

51.7

42.0*

52.7

57.4*

50.6

  That COVID-19 will mean changes to my delivery plan

41.2

34.8*

47.1*

51.6*

18.5*

  That the COVID-19 pandemic will significantly affect my economic situation/finances

38.9

44.6*

39.1

35.7*

37.8

  That I will not be able to have a baby shower or other baby celebration with family or friends

35.3

31.4*

38.5*

38.1*

28.4*

  That my baby will get COVID-19

30.8

25.3*

31.0

31.1

36.3*

  That I will be missing or cancelling doctor’s appointments

27.2

28.1

29.4*

24.1*

27.0

  That I will not be able to breastfeed because of COVID-19

22.4

21.6

24.5*

23.0

18.0*

  That I will not be able to provide adequate

childcare for my other kids

20.2

17.4*

19.5

20.4

24.2*

  That I will not be able to attend the funeral of a family member

19.9

21.3

20.4

18.2*

20.0

Total participants

7317

1362

2610

2101

1244

  1. *p < 0.05 comparing one cell vs all others; aRespondents were asked to select all that apply