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Table 1 Characteristics of participants with experience of pregnancy discrimination during pregnancy (N = 285)

From: The effects of pregnancy discrimination on postpartum depressive symptoms: a follow-up study

 

Experience

No experience

(n = 68)

(n = 217)

N(%) or mean ± SD

Demographics and pregnancy status

 Age

   mean ± SD years

31.5 ± 4.6

31.5 ± 4.3

 Education

   Junior high/ high school

11 (16.2)

21 (9.7)

   Junior /4-year college or greater

57 (83.8)

196 (90.3)

 Number of weeks pregnant

   First trimester

6 (8.8)

22 (10.1)

   Second trimester

27 (39.7)

87 (40.1)

   Third trimester

35 (51.5)

108 (49.8)

Work Status

 Type of employment

   Regular

44 (64.7)

141 (65.0)

   Non-regular

24 (35.3)

76 (35.0)

 Company size

   1–299 employees

37 (54.4)

86 (39.6)

   300 or more employees

26 (38.2)

127 (58.5)

   Civil service office

5 (7.4)

4 (1.8)

 Occupation

   Manager/professional/technician

19 (27.9)

71 (32.7)

   Clerical/sales/service

45 (66.2)

125 (57.6)

   Security/transportation/labor

3 (4.4)

4 (1.8)

   Others

1 (1.5)

17 (7.8)

 Weekly working hours

   ≤ 39 h

39 (57.4)

103 (47.5)

   40–49 h

23 (33.8)

103 (47.5)

   ≥ 50 h

6 (8.8)

11 (5.1)

 Work schedule

   Dayshift only

62 (91.2)

204 (94.0)

   Night/shift work

6 (8.8)

13 (6.0)

COVID-19

 Work mode

   Telecommuting

27 (39.7)

95 (43.8)

   Working in an office

32 (47.1)

97 (44.7)

   Retired

9 (13.2)

25 (11.5)

 Frequency of fear of COVID-19

   Low

28 (41.2)

123 (56.7)

   BHigh

40 (58.8)

94 (43.3)

 Depressive symptomsa

   Prenatal

9.0 ± 6.0

5.6 ± 4.5

   Postpartum

5.7 ± 3.9

4.0 ± 3.8

  1. a mean Edinburgh postnatal depression scale score