Australian Pregnant Women’s Awareness of Gestational Weight Gain and Dietary Guidelines: Opportunity for Action

Table 1

Characteristics of the study sample.

Characteristics	Entire sample
	Total = 326 (%)
Prior pregnancies
None	169 (51.8%)
One	107 (32.8%)
Two and more	50 (15.3%)
Stage of pregnancy
First trimester	35 (10.7%)
Second trimester	126 (38.7%)
Third trimester	165 (50.6%)
Planned pregnancy
Yes	271 (83.1%)
No	55 (16.9%)
Age
Under 20 years	7 (2.1%)
20–29 years	162 (49.7%)
30–39 years	146 (44.8%)
40 years and above	11 (3.4%)
Marital status
Single	13 (4%)
Married/de facto	310 (95.1%)
Separated/divorced/widowed	3 (.9%)
Education
Some high school or less	20 (6.1%)
High school completed	42 (12.9%)
TAFE	79 (24.2%)
Tertiary education	185 (56.7%)
Household income
Less than $25,000/yr	33 (10.1%)
$25,000–$50,000/yr	73 (22.4%)
More than 50,000/yr	220 (67.5%)
First language
English	273 (83.7%)
Other	53 (16.3%)
Having health and nutrition related qualification
Yes	61 (18.7%)
No	265 (81.3%)
Seen by dietitian and/or nutritionist
Yes	96 (29.4%)
No	230 (70.6%)
Prepregnancy BMI
Underweight	15 (4.6%)
Normal	152 (46.6%)
Overweight	82 (25.2%)
Obese	77 (23.6%)
Are you aware of recommended GWG for your pregnancy?
Yes	206 (63.2%)
No	120 (36.8%)

Data in (%).