Research recommendation
Further studies should be conducted to assess the impact of repeated
lockdowns on pregnant women, and indeed on mothers, especially those who
work. It will also be important to study women’s well-being by designs
appropriate for recruiting residents with low literacy levels. Last but
not least, this pandemic seems to have led to the population losing
confidence in the future, resulting in a fall in the birth rate. The
increase that followed remained well below the rates of previous
years.31