Table 1:
Participant demographic characteristics
| Variable | Mean | SD | Range |
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| Pre-pregnancy BMI | 26.80 | 6.73 | 17.10-51.85 |
| Age | 30.85 | 4.86 | 19-42 |
| Number of pregnancies | 1.72 | 2.14 | 0-11 |
| Number of births | 1.01 | 1.32 | 0-8 |
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| Employment status | |||
| Full time | 81 | 57 | |
| Part-time | 16 | 11.3 | |
| Unemployed/ homemaker | 27 | 19 | |
| Student | 4 | 2.8 | |
| Education | |||
| Some high school | 3 | 2.1 | |
| High school graduate/ GED | 12 | 9.2 | |
| Vocational training | 3 | 2.1 | |
| Some college/ Associate’s degree | 25 | 17.6 | |
| College (Bachelor’s) degree | 33 | 23.2 | |
| Graduate degree | 54 | 38 | |
| Marital Status | |||
| Married | 100 | 70.4 | |
| Living with partner | 13 | 9.2 | |
| Separated/ divorced | 1 | .7 | |
| Widowed | 2 | 1.4 | |
| Single/ not married | 12 | 10.6 | |
| Insurance Provider | |||
| Public | 21 | 14.8 | |
| Private | 107 | 75.4 | |
| Income | |||
| Under $50,000 | 34 | 23.9 | |
| $50,000-100,000 | 45 | 31.7 | |
| Over $100,000 | 42 | 29.6 | |
| Self-reported Race | |||
| White | 101 | 71.1 | |
| Black | 23 | 16.2 | |
| Other | 7 | 4.9 | |