Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics
| Age (years) | Mean: 25 (SD=4.6) Range: 18–37 |
| Race | African-American: 14 |
| Caucasian: 7 | |
| Bi-racial: 1 | |
| Marital Status | Unmarried: 16 |
| Married: 6 | |
| Education | Less than high school: 4 |
| High school: 13 | |
| Greater than high school: 5 | |
| Employment Status | Employed: 8 |
| Unemployed: 14 | |
| Income | < $15,000: 15 |
| 15,000–29,999: 5 | |
| >30,000: 2 | |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | |
| Pre-pregnancy: | Mean: 26.8 (SD=6.0) Range: 18.2–38.7 |
| Per scale: | Mean: 28.9 (SD=6.3) Range: 20.2–42.9 |
| Weeks Gestation | Mean: 17 (SD=9) Range: 5–36 |
| Gravidity | Mean: 3.2 (SD=1.5) Range: 1–7 |
| Parity | Mean: 1.9 (SD=1.3) Range: 0–5 |