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Table 2 The relationship between the desire to become a mother and demographic variables and exposure to COVID-19

From: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the attitude towards childbearing of married aged 20–30 Turkish women who are not yet mothers: a cross-sectional study

  

Having a desire to become a mother

    

Characteristics

 

Yes

 

%

 

No

 

%

 

X2

 

p

Age (Year)

            

20- ≤25

 

19

 

28.4

 

  48

 

71.6

 

0.79

 

0.495

> 25–30

 

65

 

36.5

 

113

 

63.5

  

Education

            

High school

 

  2

 

40.0

 

    3

 

60.0

 

0.78

 

0.559

University

 

82

 

34.2

 

158

 

65.8

  

Perceived economic state

            

Low

 

  2

 

16.7

 

  10

 

83.3

 

2.34

 

0.311

Average

 

61

 

33.9

 

119

 

66.1

  

High

 

21

 

39.6

 

  32

 

60.4

  

Duration of marriage

            

< 2 years

 

42

 

29.0

 

103

 

71.0

 

4.46

 

0.040

≥ 2 years

 

42

 

42.0

 

  58

 

58.0

  

Job/Employment status

            

Unemployed

 

14

 

35.0

 

  26

 

65.0

 

0.08

 

0.960

Health care worker

 

50

 

34.7

 

  94

 

65.3

  

Non-healthcare worker

 

20

 

32.8

 

161

 

65.7

  

Exposure to COVID-19

            

Yes

 

39

 

40.2

 

  58

 

59.8

 

2.49

 

0.131

No

 

45

 

30.4

 

103

 

69.6

  

Total

 

84

 

34.3

 

161

 

61.7