The impact of lockdown policy on depressive symptoms among pregnant women in China: mediating effects of internet use and family support

Zhou, Yongjie; Wang, Ruoxi; Liu, Lei; Ding, Ting; Huo, Lijuan; Qi, Ling; Xiong, Jie; Yan, Jie; Zeng, Lingyun; Yang, Jiezhi; Song, Suyi; Dai, Gaolanxin

doi:10.1186/s41256-021-00193-4

Table 1 Basic characteristics of the sample

From: The impact of lockdown policy on depressive symptoms among pregnant women in China: mediating effects of internet use and family support

	Total (n = 1266)		Absence of depressive symptoms (n = 739)		Depressive symptoms (n = 527)		χ²/t	p
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age							1.235	0.217
Mean (SD)	29.95	9.042	30.22	11.346	29.58	3.970
Education							7.338	0.062
≤ High school	263	20.774	150	20.298	113	21.442
College	377	29.779	203	27.470	174	33.017
Undergraduate	541	42.733	329	44.520	212	40.228
≥ Post graduate	85	6.714	57	7.713	28	5.313
Residency							0.149	0.700
Outer city	455	36.634	267	37.083	188	36.015
Inner city	787	63.366	453	62.917	334	63.985
Living arrangement							5.521	0.137
With husband only	592	46.761	330	44.655	262	49.715
With parents only	100	7.899	54	7.307	46	8.729
With husband & parents	553	43.681	343	46.414	210	39.848
Other	21	1.659	12	1.624	9	1.708
Employment							1.204	0.273
Housewife	474	37.441	286	38.701	188	35.674
Employed	792	62.559	453	61.299	339	64.326
Planned pregnancy							6.882	0.009
No	384	30.332	203	27.470	181	34.345
Yes	882	69.668	536	72.530	346	65.655
First Child							0.031	0.861
Yes	846	66.877	495	67.073	351	66.603
No	419	33.123	243	32.927	176	33.397
Alcohol consumption							6.344	0.042
Never	1107	87.441	660	89.310	447	84.820
Ceased	133	10.506	68	9.202	65	12.334
Yes	26	2.054	11	1.488	15	2.846
Smoke							1.360	0.507
Never	1210	95.577	710	96.076	500	94.877
Ceased	51	4.028	27	3.654	24	4.554
Yes	5	0.395	2	0.271	3	0.569
Annual household income (RMB)							12.634	0.002
< 80,000	491	38.784	259	35.047	232	44.023
80,000-300,000	690	54.502	421	56.969	269	51.044
> 300,000	85	6.714	59	7.984	26	4.934
Financial loss in COVID-19 (RMB)							17.198	0.001
No financial loss	224	18.391	149	20.927	75	14.822
< 20,000	148	12.151	97	13.624	51	10.079
20,000-49,999	426	34.975	220	30.899	206	40.711
≥ 50,000	420	34.483	246	34.551	174	34.387
Lockdown policy							18.352	< 0.001
Less affected	491	38.784	250	33.829	241	45.731
Affected	775	61.216	489	66.171	286	54.269

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