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Table 1 Sociodemographic and Medical Characteristics of pregnant persons less than 10 weeks’ gestation by anxiety symptoms (N = 4,303)

From: Early pregnancy anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic: preliminary findings from the UCSF ASPIRE study

 

Total N (%)

No or Mild Anxiety

Moderate or Severe Anxiety

Sociodemographic Characteristics

 Participant Race/Ethnicity

4,274

3,737

537

  White, non-Hispanic

3,514 (82.2)

3,090 (82.7)

424 (79.0)

  Black/African American

136 (3.2)

113 (3.0)

23 (4.3)

  Hispanic/Latinx

404 (9.5)

345 (9.2)

59 (11.0)

  Asian

204 (4.8)

177 (4.7)

27 (5.0)

  Native American

12 (0.3)

8 (0.2)

4 (0.7)

  Pacific Islander

4 (0.1)

4 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

 Participant Age

3,789

3,319

470

  18–30

1,127 (29.7)

950 (28.6)

177 (37.7)

  31–35

1,660 (43.8)

1469 (44.3)

191 (40.6)

  36–40

826 (21.8)

745 (22.4)

81 (17.2)

  41 + 

176 (4.7)

155 (4.7)

21 (4.5)

 Household Income

4,203

3,676

527

   < $99,999

1,513 (36.0)

1,230 (33.5)

283 (53.7)

  $100,000–250,999

2,098 (49.9)

1,912 (52.0)

186 (35.3)

  $251,000 + 

592 (14.1)

534 (14.5)

58 (11.0)

 Highest level education completed

4,290

3,750

540

   < College

771 (18.0)

605 (16.1)

166 (30.7)

  College

1,413 (32.9)

1,244 (33.2)

169 (31.3)

  Master’s

1,396 (32.5)

1,243 (33.2)

153 (28.3)

  Professional degree

710 (16.6)

658 (17.6)

52 (9.6)

 Pre-pregnancy insurance

4,265

3,726

539

  Other (including Medi-Cal, Tricare, other)

539 (12.6)

445 (11.9)

114 (21.1)

  Private Insurance

3,726 (87.4)

3,281 (88.1)

425 (78.9)

 Partnership status

4,280

3,741

539

  Unpartnered

211 (4.9)

157 (4.2)

54 (10.0)

  Married or Partnered

4,069 (95.1)

3,584 (95.8)

485 (90.0)

 Region of residence

4,241

3,704

537

  Northeast

829 (19.6)

724 (19.6)

105 (19.6)

  Midwest

1,053 (24.8)

934 (25.2)

119 (22.2)

  South

1,099 (25.9)

943 (25.5)

156 (29.1)

  West

1,260 (29.7)

1,103 (29.8)

157 (29.2)

 Employment status

4,289

3,749

540

  Full-time

3,168 (73.9)

2,799 (74.7)

369 (68.3)

  Other (part-time, homemaker, unemployed)

1,121 (26.1)

950 (25.3)

171 (31.7)

 Employed in health care

3,644

3,211

433

  Yes

1,454 (39.9)

1,310 (40.8)

144 (33.3)

  No

2,190 (60.1)

1,901 (59.2)

289 (66.7)

Obstetric and Medical history

 Prior pregnancy

4,293

3,750

543

  Yes

2,713 (63.2)

2,356 (62.8)

357 (65.7)

  No

1,580 (36.8)

1,394 (37.2)

186 (34.3)

 Prior live birth

2,713

2,356

357

  Yes

2,055 (75.8)

1,795 (76.2)

260 (72.8)

  No

658 (24.2)

561 (23.8)

97 (27.2)

 History of prior miscarriage

2,723

2,365

358

  Yes

1,198 (44.0)

1,019 (43.1)

179 (50.0)

  No

1,525 (56.0)

1,346 (56.9)

179 (50.0)

 Receipt of care through fertility clinic this pregnancy

4,295

3,752

543

  Yes

1,106 (25.7)

998 (26.6)

108 (19.9)

  No

3,189 (74.3)

2,754 (73.4)

435 (80.1)

 History of anxiety disorder prior to pregnancy

4,303

3,759

544

  Yes

1,059 (24.6)

784 (20.9)

275 (50.5)

  No

3,244 (75.4)

2,975 (79.1)

269 (49.5)

 History of depression prior to pregnancy

4,303

3,759

544

  Yes

898 (20.9)

669 (17.8)

229 (42.1)

  No

3,405 (79.1)

3,090 (82.2)

315 (57.9)

COVID-specific characteristics

 History of obtaining a SARS-CoV-2 test this pregnancy

4,298

3,755

543

  Yes

2,558 (59.5)

2,226 (59.3)

332 (61.1)

  No

1,740 (40.5)

1,529 (40.7)

211 (38.9)

 History of a positive SARS-CoV-2 test this pregnancy

2,534

2,204

330

  Yes

363 (14.3)

313 (14.2)

50 (15.1)

  No

2,171 (85.7)

1,891 (85.8)

280 (84.9)

 Household contact diagnosed with COVID-19 since pregnant

4,303

3,759

544

  Yes

348 (8.1)

306 (8.1)

42 (7.7)

  No

3,955 (91.9)

3,453 (91.9)

502 (92.3)

 Household contact deceased from COVID-19 since pregnant

4,303

3,759

544

  Yes

20 (0.5)

11 (0.3)

9 (1.7)

  No

4,283 (99.5)

3,748 (99.7)

535 (98.3)

 Job loss since onset of COVID-19 pandemic

4,303

3,759

544

  Yes

358 (8.3)

264 (7.0)

94 (17.3)

  No

3,945 (91.7)

3,495 (93.0)

450 (82.7)

 Reduced hours at work since onset of COVID-19 pandemic

4,303

3,759

544

  Yes

552 (12.8)

450 (12.0)

102 (18.7)

  No

3,751 (87.2)

3,309 (88.0)

442 (81.3)

 Inability to pay rent or mortgage since onset of COVID-19 pandemic

4,303

3,759

544

  Yes

172 (4.0)

101 (2.7)

71 (13.1)

  No

4,131 (96.0)

3,658 (97.3)

473 (86.9)

 Very or Extremely Worried about COVID-19

4,294

3,752

542

  Yes

1,602 (37.3)

1,262 (33.6)

340 (62.7)

  No

2,692 (62.7)

2,490 (66.4)

202 (37.3)

 Perceived stress over the past month

4,277

3,738

539

  Low

2,262 (52.9)

2,200 (58.9)

62 (11.5)

  Moderate-High

2,015 (47.1)

1,538 (41.1)

477 (88.5)