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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of participants that completed the FFF Study by recruitment method

From: The Food, Feelings, and Family Study: comparison of the efficacy of traditional methods, social media, and broadcast email to recruit pregnant women to an observational, longitudinal nutrition study

Characteristic

Traditional Methods (n = 16)

Social Media (n = 12)

Broadcast Email (n = 14)

P-value

Age (years)

29.8 ± 5.1a

30.1 ± 2.9a

30.5 ± 3.0a

0.872

Annual household income ($)

76,474 ± 60,317

76,067 ± 43,922

113,621 ± 64,490

0.156

Gestational age (weeks)b

34.1 ± 1.7

33.6 ± 1.8

33.9 ± 1.9

0.783

EPDSc score at screening

6.3 ± 3.8

7.0 ± 3.0

6.3 ± 3.0

0.814

Ethnicity

   

0.318

 White

7 (43.8)d, e

5 (41.7)d

10 (71.4)d

 

 Hispanic or Latinx

8 (50.0)

5 (41.7)

2 (14.3)

 

 Black or African American

1 (6.3)

1 (0.8)

1 (7.1)

 

 Other

0

1 (0.8)

1 (7.1)

 

Education

   

0.319

 12th grade

4 (25)

2 (16.7)

0

 

 College

7 (43.8)

6 (50)

6 (42.9)

 

 Graduate/Professional school

5 (31.3)

4 (33.3)

8 (57.1)

 

Pregnancy

   

0.773

 First

9 (56.3)

5 (41.7)

8 (57.1)

 

 Second

6 (37.5)

7 (58.3)

5 (35.7)

 

 Third or greater

1 (6.3)

0

1 (7.1)

 
  1. a Mean ± standard deviation
  2. b At antenatal interview
  3. c. Edinburgh postpartum depression scale (EPDS)
  4. d. n (%)
  5. e. Percentages may not add up to 100 due to rounding