Psychosocial Characteristics and Gestational Weight Change among Overweight, African American Pregnant Women

Table 1

Demographic information.

Demographic variables	N (percentages)
Marital status (n = 119)	92 (77%) never married
	21 (18%) married/live-in
	6 (5%) divorced/separated
Education (n = 119)	21 (18%) < HS grad
	51 (43%) HS or GED
	41 (34%) post-HS training/some college
	6 (5%) college graduate/postgraduate
Employment status (n = 118)	31 (26%) full time
	28 (24%) unemployed
	18 (15%) part time
	19 (16%) stay-home mother
	16 (14%) student
	6 (5%) unable to work
	Mean (SD)
Pregravid body mass index (N = 119)	32.4 (7.8) kg/m^2
Weight concern for pregravid weight (n = 116)	1.7 (1.5)
Weight concern during pregnancy (n = 115)	1.8 (1.5)
	Median
Number of previous pregnancies (n = 118)	2
Number of previous live births (n = 118)	1

Due to rounding error, some percentages do not add to 100%.