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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics, self-perceived overall mental health status, and stressful event exposure reported by the participants (N = 470)

From: Self-reported mental health status of pregnant women in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey

  

n, %

 
 

Family Health Status

Variables

M, SD

Total

Families with sick members

Families without sick members

p

Overall

 

470 (100.0)

   

Age

30.72 (4.21)

    

 18–25

 

50 (10.6)

17 (12.0)

33 (10.1)

.740

 26–30

 

180 (38.3)

57 (40.1)

123 (37.5)

 31–40

 

232 (49.4)

65 (45.8)

167 (50.9)

  > 40

 

8 (1.7)

3 (2.1)

5 (1.5)

Civil Status

 Single

 

3 (0.6)

1 (0.7)

2 (0.6)

.661

 Married

 

195 (41.5)

59 (41.5)

136 (41.5)

 Cohabitating

 

259 (55.1)

77 (54.2)

182 (55.5)

 in a relationship

 

12 (2.6)

4 (2.8)

8 (2.4)

 Divorced

 

1 (0.2)

1 (0.7)

0 (0)

Working Hours

  < 40 h per week

 

156 (33.2)

50 (35.2)

106 (32.3)

.241

 40 h per week

 

271 (57.7)

75 (52.8)

196 (59.8)

  > 40 h per week

 

43 (9.1)

17 (12.0)

26 (7.9)

Monthly Family Income

  < 40,000 SEK

 

159 (33.8)

38 (26.8)

121 (36.9)

.052

 40,000 SEK

 

198 (42.1)

70 (49.3)

128 (39.0)

  > 40,000 SEK

 

103 (21.9)

28 (19.7)

75 (22.9)

Educational Level

 No education

 

2 (0.4)

0 (0)

2 (0.6)

.896

 9-year mandatory education

 

10 (2.1)

4 (2.8)

6 (1.8)

 High school

 

96 (20.4)

29 (20.4)

67 (20.4)

 Professional education

 

79 (16.8)

26 (18.3)

53 (16.2)

 Bachelor

 

146 (31.1)

40 (28.2)

106 (32.3)

 Masters

 

127 (27.0)

40 (28.2)

87 (26.5)

 Doctoral

 

10 (2.1)

3 (2.1)

7 (2.1)

Overall Mental Health Status (1–10)

4.61 (1.88)

    

 Healthy

 

341 (72.6)

89 (62.7)

252 (76.8)

.002

 Worsened Mental Health (≥6)

 

129 (27.4)

53 (37.3)

76 (23.2)

Stressful event Exposure

 Giving Birth

 

54 (11.5)

15 (10.6)

39 (11.9)

.679

 Marriage

 

33 (7.0)

10 (7.0)

23 (7.0)

.991

 Divorce

 

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

N/A

 Death in families

 

54 (11.5)

20 (14.1)

34 (10.4)

.246

 Changing Career

 

70 (14.9)

19 (13.4)

51 (15.5)

.544

 Exams

 

27 (5.7)

8 (5.6)

19 (5.8)

.946

 Unemployment

 

35 (7.4)

12 (8.5)

23 (7.0)

.585

 Others

 

131 (27.9)

31 (21.8)

100 (30.5)

.055

No. of stressful event exposure

 0

 

181 (38.5)

58 (40.8)

123 (37.5)

.409

 1

 

195 (41.5)

60 (42.3)

135 (41.2)

 

 2

 

74 (15.7)

18 (12.7)

56 (17.1)

 

 3

 

19 (4.0)

5 (3.5)

14 (4.3)

 

 4

 

1 (0.2)

1 (0.7)

0 (0)

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