Table 3.

Attitudinal changes due to COVID-19 restrictions, comparing married/cohabiting with unmarried women

Characteristics	Categories	Responses		P value
		Married or cohabiting n=620 frequency (%)	Unmarried. n=703 frequency (%)
Change of mind about being pregnant due to COVID-19	Yes (n=111)	50 (8.0)	61 (8.7)	0.691
Would you prefer not to have any more children?	No more children (n=193)	137 (22.1)	56 (8.0)	<0.001*
Respondent’s feelings if pregnant	Very unhappy (n=572)	167 (26.9)	405 (57.6)	<0.001*
Currently using method to delay or avoid getting pregnant	No (n=669)	240 (38.7)	429 (61.0)	<0.001*
Waiting time to put to birth	Years (n=651)	215 (34.7)	436 (62.0)	<0.001*

For analytical purposes, married women encompassed both those legally married and those living with partners (cohabiting).

*Significant p value <0.05.