Table 1.
Sample description overall and by baseline fertility preference (n = 2,087).
| Overall | Baseline fertility preference |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No change | Desire to delay having a child | Decreased desire for a child | Increased desire for a child | |||
| N | 2,087 | 946 | 592 | 641 | 118 | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 30.2 (6.5) | 30.2 (7.0) | 29.4 (5.6) | 30.1 (6.5) | 31.2 (6.0) | |
| Race/ethnicity | White | 62.1% | 63.2% | 56.2% | 60.8% | 66.9% |
| Black or African American | 4.9% | 4.5% | 6.2% | 4.7% | 5.9% | |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | 13.5% | 16.5% | 12.5% | 11.9% | 3.4% | |
| Latina | 10.2% | 7.8% | 14.2% | 11.9% | 8.5% | |
| Multiracial, Indigenous, Other, or Unknown | 9.3% | 7.9% | 10.8% | 10.8% | 15.3% | |
| Education | Less than college | 31.8% | 32.6% | 31.2% | 32.4% | 30.5% |
| College or more | 68.2% | 67.4% | 68.8% | 67.6% | 69.5% | |
| Annual household income | <$25,000 | 16.2% | 16.9% | 16.7% | 17.5% | 15.3% |
| $25,000 - $49,999 | 18.8% | 18.0% | 18.2% | 19.7% | 17.8% | |
| $50,000 - $99,999 | 37.7% | 37.5% | 37.7% | 36.2% | 38.1% | |
| ≥$100,000 | 27.3% | 27.6% | 27.4% | 26.7% | 28.8% | |
| Parity | Nulliparous | 47.6% | 51.0% | 46.6% | 44.9% | 51.7% |
| 1 birth | 24.3% | 19.7% | 31.8% | 23.2% | 27.1% | |
| ≥2 births | 28.0% | 29.2% | 21.5% | 31.7% | 21.2% | |
| Partnership status | Not living with partner | 30.9% | 36.6% | 25.5% | 30.1% | 21.2% |
| Living with partner | 69.1% | 63.4% | 74.5% | 69.9% | 78.8% | |
| No | 56.4% | 61.8% | 51.2% | 52.4% | 45.8% | |
| Yes | 43.6% | 38.2% | 48.8% | 47.6% | 54.2% | |
| Number of COVID-19 restrictions in place (0-10), mean (SD) a | 5.1 (2.0) | 4.9 (2.0) | 5.3 (2.0) | 5.2 (2.1) | 5.1 (2.2) | |
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– Types of COVID-19 related restrictions: social or physical distancing, masks required in public spaces, stay at home order, shelter in place, curfew, ban on non-essential gatherings, ban on large groups, restrictions on bars, restaurants, theaters, school closures, or recommended working from home.