A total of 15 low income women and 11 high income
women, who were currently pregnant, participated in the
focus groups (Table 2). Recruitment was lower for the high
income pregnant women, but theoretical saturation was
reached with the sample size. Low income pregnant
women were mostly African American. There were about
as many overweight/obese women as normal weight
women among low income women. High income women,
in contrast, were more often white and normal weight. Low
income women in the sample reflected the demographic
composition of the city of Rochester while higher income
women reflected the composition of Monroe County.
Thirteen percent of individuals live below the poverty level
in Monroe County, which is similar to the US overall, but
that figure is more than doubled inside the city of Rochester
at 29.1%. The racial and ethnic population distribution in
Monroe County is 78.9% white, 14.3% African American,
and 5.9% Hispanic compared to Rochester which is 49.3%
white, 39.8% African American, and 13.5% Hispanic [21].
Parity was higher among low income women.