Research Article
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%) |
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