Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of women with GDM living in Australia

	n = 116	%
Age: Mean 31.7 years old, range (19 years – 43 years old):
- 19–30 years	50	43.1
- >30 years	66	56.9
Country of birth:
- Australia	34	29.3
- Overseas	82	70.7
Religion:
- Christian	38	32.8
- Hindu	15	12.9
- Muslim/Islam	14	12.1
- No religion	25	21.6
- Other: Sikh, Buddhist, etc.	24	20.7
Education:
- Year 12 or below	31	26.7
- Certificate, advanced diploma or diploma	29	25
- Bachelor degree	32	27.6
- Postgraduate degree (e.g. Graduate diploma, Masters or PhD)	24	20.7
Work status:
- Full time	39	33.6
- Part time	20	17.2
- Other (eg, no paid work, unemployed)	57	49.1
Occupation:
- Professional, high-level manager or administrator	15	12.9
- Manager or equivalent	12	10.3
- Clerical, service worker or sales	28	24.1
- Student (full-time)	5	4.3
- Home duties	36	31.0
- No paid work	11	9.5
- Other	9	7.8
Marital status:
- Married	89	76.7
- Defacto	17	14.7
- Other	10	8.6
Household women live in:
- Live alone	1	0.9
- Self and partner/husband only	39	33.6
- Self with partner/ husband and child or children	54	46.6
- Other	23	19.0
Parity/number of times that women have given birth:
- Nulliparaa	53	45.7
- Primiparab	39	33.6
- Multiparac	24	20.7

^aNullipara is a woman who has never given birth

^bPrimipara is a woman who is giving birth for the first time

^cMultipara is a woman who has given birth two or more times