Table 1.

Description of focus group and survey participants

	Focus Group Participants		Survey Participants
	n=58	Percent	n=1535	Percent
Race/ethnicity
Nonhispanic White	14	24.1	1084	75.5
Nonhispanic African American	19	32.8	279	19.4
Hispanic	25	43.1	73	5.1
Prepregnancy body mass index:
Underweight (<19.8 kg/m2)	5	8.6	217	14.4
Normal (19.8–26.0 kg/m2)	24	41.4	773	51.2
Overweight (26.1–29.0 kg/m2)	10	17.2	162	10.7
Obese (>29.0 kg/m2)	17	29.3	358	23.7
General health (at the time of the survey)
Excellent	12	20.7	484	31.6
Very good	20	34.5	657	42.8
Good	18	31.0	312	20.3
Fair	8	13.8	72	4.7
Poor	0	0.0	9	0.6
Age
18–24 years	26	44.8	300	19.5
25–29 years	12	20.7	449	29.3
30–35 years	19	32.8	594	38.7
36+ years	0	0	192	12.5
Marital status
Never married	17	29.3	300	19.5
Married or living together	36	62.1	1181	76.9
Separate/divorced/widowed	3	5.2	54	3.5
Education
8 or less	11	19.0	6	0.4
9 to 11	8	13.8	78	5.1
High school	9	15.5	203	13.2
Some college	16	27.6	305	19.9
College graduate	14	24.1	943	61.4
Employment
Employed	26	42.6	1033	67.3
Not Employed	35	57.4	502	32.7