Table 6.
Descriptive characteristics and survey responses
| Surveys | |
|---|---|
| (N = 326) | |
| M ± SD | |
| Age | 30.51 ± 5.83 |
| Hispanic | (n = 14) |
| Race | |
| Caucasian | 230 (70.6) |
| African America | 55 (16.9) |
| Asian | 1 (0.3) |
| American Indian | 8 (2.5) |
| Alaska Native/Pacific Islander | 0 (0.0) |
| Other | 22 (6.7) |
| Missing | 10 (3.1) |
| Income | |
| < $20,000 | 102 (31.3) |
| $21,000–40,000 | 56 (17.2) |
| $41,000–60,000 | 57 (17.5) |
| $61,000+ | 95 (29.1) |
| Missing | 16 (4.9) |
| Education level | |
| < High school | 22 (6.7) |
| High school diploma | 50 (15.3) |
| Some college | 49 (15.0) |
| Associates degree | 18 (5.5) |
| Bachelors degree | 89 (27.3) |
| Graduate school+ | 87 (26.7) |
| Missing | 11 (3.4) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 67 (20.6) |
| Partnered | 32 (9.8) |
| Married | 206 (63.2) |
| Separated | 3 (0.9) |
| Divorced | 5 (1.5) |
| Widowed | 0 (0.0) |
| Missing | 13 (4.0) |
| Currently pregnant | |
| Yes | 102 (31.3) |
| No | 224 (68.7) |
| How many weeks pregnant are you? (n = 93) | |
| 5–12 weeks | 25 (26.88) |
| 13–26 weeks | 29 (31.18) |
| 27–40 weeks | 39 (41.94) |
| How many other children do you have? (n = 309) | |
| 0 | 33 (10.7) |
| 1 | 126 (40.8) |
| 2 | 86 (27.9) |
| 3 | 28 (8.6) |
| 4 | 20 (6.5) |
| 5 | 11 (3.6) |
| 6 | 2 (0.6) |
| 7 | 3 (1.0) |
| Age of youngest child | |
| >0 and ≤1 | 121 |
| >1 and <2 | 38 |
| ≥2 and ≤5 | 85 |
| >5 and ≤10 | 20 |
| ≥11 and <19 | 7 |
| N/A | 17 |
| Regular engagement in PA (n = 311) | |
| Yes | 200 (64.3) |
| No | 111 (35.7) |
| Currently text (n = 312) | |
| Yes | 293 (93.9) |
| No | 19 (6.1) |
| Average number of texts received a day (n = 293) | |
| 0–10 | 132 (45.1) |
| 11–20 | 88 (30.0) |
| 21–30 | 30 (10.2) |
| 31+ | 43 (14.7) |
| Average number of texts sent a day (n = 294) | |
| 0–10 | 140 (47.6) |
| 11–20 | 86 (29.3) |
| 21–30 | 25 (8.5) |
| 31+ | 43 (14.6) |
| Ever signed up for an automated service (n = 295) | |
| Yes | 168 (56.9) |
| No | 127 (43.1) |
| What types of services were they? (n = 167) | |
| Text | 23 (13.8) |
| 86 (51.5) | |
| Email and text | 58 (34.7) |
| How often did you receive automated text messages? (n = 91) | |
| Never | 4 (4.4) |
| Less than once a month | 2 (2.2) |
| Once a month | 13 (14.3) |
| 2–3 times a month | 23 (25.3) |
| Once a week | 23 (25.3) |
| 2–3 times a week | 17 (18.7) |
| Daily | 9 (9.9) |
| Read automated texts (n = 89) | |
| Yes | 77 (86.5) |
| No | 12 (13.5) |
| Value received from the text messages (n = 87) | |
| Highly valued | 26 (29.9) |
| Somewhat valued | 48 (55.2) |
| Neither | 8 (9.2) |
| Somewhat not valued | 5 (5.7) |
| Highly not valued | 0 (0.0) |
| Did the value received change over time? (n = 88) | |
| Yes | 28 (31.8) |
| No | 60 (68.2) |
| How long before the text messages no longer seemed relevant | |
| (Example responses) | |
| Almost immediately | 8 |
| 1–6 months | 11 |
| 6 months to child’s 1st birthday | 6 |
| Still relevant | 10 |
| I don’t know | 8 |
| Do you participate in any text-message based services? (n = 90) | |
| Yes. Which ones? | 41 (45.6) |
| No | 49 (54.4) |
| Example responses: Babycenter, Text4Baby, Whattoexpect | |
| Is there a time of day you prefer to receive/send text messages? (n = 90) | |
| Yes | 33 (36.7) |
| No | 57 (63.3) |
| Is there a time of day you do NOT prefer to receive/send text messages? (n = 90) | |
| Yes | 35 (38.9) |
| No | 55 (61.1) |
| Is this your first pregnancy? (n = 298) | |
| Yes | 78 (26.2) |
| No | 220 (73.8) |
| Is there a time in your pregnancy (past or current) that you think you could have had some information via text message about physical activity/exercise that would have been most helpful to you? | |
| Yes | 162 (58.3) |
| No | 116 (41.7) |
| If yes- how often would you like to receive them? | |
| Example responses: | |
| Often | |
| Bi-weekly | |
| If you got 3 text messages a week from a text messaging service about your health, do you think this would be: (n = 279) | |
| Too many | 132 (47.3) |
| About right | 140 (50.2) |
| Too little | 7 (2.5) |
| Preferred trimester to receive 3 weekly texts (n = 267) | |
| First | 40 (15.0) |
| Second | 24 (9.0) |
| Third | 11 (4.1) |
| Similar amount throughout pregnancy | 192 (71.9) |
| Did or do you monitor your PA during pregnancy? (n = 274) | |
| Yes | 152 (55.5) |
| No | 122 (44.5) |
| How did you monitor? (n = 161) | |
| Journal/log | 56 (34.8) |
| Pedometer | 7 (4.3) |
| Calendar | 41 (25.5) |
| Fitbit/Jawbone Up or similar | 13 (8.1) |
| Other | 44 (27.3) |
| How acceptable would you find PA info sent via text during pregnancy (n = 277) | |
| Very acceptable | 59 (21.3) |
| Acceptable | 109 (39.4) |
| Neutral | 76 (27.4) |
| Unacceptable | 16 (5.8) |
| Very unacceptable | 17 (6.1) |
| How acceptable would your partner find PA info sent via text during pregnancy (n = 271) | |
| Very acceptable | 31 (11.4) |
| Acceptable | 74 (27.3) |
| Neutral | 120 (44.3) |
| Unacceptable | 27 (10.0) |
| Very unacceptable | 19 (7.0) |