Table 2.

Means, standard deviations and t tests for the study variables by ethnic group

	Jewish women (n = 233)		Arab women (n = 170)		Cohen's d	t
	M	SD	M	SD
Self‐compassion	3.25	0.70	3.32	0.51	0.05	0.98
Social support	5.87	0.89	5.78	0.97	0.08	0.92
Fear of infection	3.58	1.12	3.79	0.99	0.20	1.96*
Concern for foetus	3.88	1.15	4.18	1.05	0.26	2.67**
COVID‐related childbirth anxiety	3.38	1.20	3.80	1.11	0.38	3.60***
Fear of childbirth	2.35	0.73	2.47	0.73	0.16	1.66†

^* p < 0.05,

^** p < 0.01,

^*** p < 0.001,

^† p = 0.10.