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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 5.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Womens Ment Health. 2023 Aug 9;26(6):819–829. doi: 10.1007/s00737-023-01357-6

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics and comparisons between recruitment Waves 1 and 2 of self-report measures of coping, stress, and mental health symptoms (GAD-7, PHQ-2)

Total (N = 7,383) Wave 1 (n = 4,383) Wave 2 (n = 2,995) W1 vs. W2

Education: N(%)
 ≤ HS diploma 1088(14.8%) 875(20.5%) 213(7.1%) X2 = 555.59**
 Some college 1186(16.1%) 593(13.6%) 593(19.8%)
 Bachelors degree 1707(23.1%) 787(17.9%) 920(30.7%)
 Grad degree 3383(45.9%) 2114(48.2%) 1269(42.4%)
Racial Identification: N(%)
 Asian American 216(2.9%) 91(3.0%) 125(2.8%) X2 = 0.23
 Black 423(5.7%) 220(7.3%) 203(4.6%) X2 = 24.37**
 White 6749(91.4%) 2687(89.7%) 4062(92.6%) X2 = 18.48**
 Other 216(2.9%) 86(2.9%) 130(3.0%) X2 = 0.52
Parity 0.73 ± 1.02 0.74 ± 1.02 0.72 ± 1.02 t = 0.85
Maternal Age 30.76 ± 4.66 30.84 ± 4.67 30.64 ± 4.65 t = 1.80
High-Risk Pregnancy N = 2647(35.9%) N = 1574(35.9%) N = 1073(35.8%) X2 = 0.002
NuPCI Spiritual Coping 1.58 ± 1.27 1.56 ± 1.27 1.62 ± 1.27 t = 2.24*
NuPCI Positive Appraisal 2.42 ± 0.81 2.41 ± 0.79 2.42 ± 0.83 t = 0.78
NuPCI Planning/Preparedness 2.19 ± 0.79 2.13 ± 0.76 2.28 ± 0.81 t = 8.12**
NuPCI Avoidant Coping 1.37 ± 0.88 1.39 ± 0.87 1.34 ± 0.89 t = −2.20*
Objective Stress 2.38 ± 1.35 2.02 ± 1.19 2.90 ± 1.40 t = −28.18**
NUPDQ 0.88 ± 0.35 0.86 ± 0.34 0.91 ± 0.37 t = 4.90**
PREPS Preparedness 3.32 ± 0.91 3.46 ± 0.87 3.12 ± 0.94 t = −15.96**
PREPS Infection Stress 3.21 ± 0.99 3.27 ± 1.00 3.12 ± 0.98 t = −6.50**
GAD-7 8.39 ± 5.49 8.57 ± 5.39 8.12 ± 5.62 t = −3.41**
PHQ-2 1.58 ± 1.71 1.65 ± 1.70 1.48 ± 1.72 t = −4.25**
*

p < .05,

**

p < .01; NuPCI: Revised Prenatal Coping Inventory; NuPDQ: Revised Prenatal Distress Questionnaire; PREPS: Pandemic-Related Pregnancy Stress Scale; GAD-7: General Anxiety Disorder-7 item version; PHQ-2: Patient Health Questionnaire-2 item version