NC PRAMS 2011~` : (Multivitamin Consumption One Month Prior to Pregnancy (a pill that contains many different vitamins and minerals).)

2011 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

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Multivitamin Consumption One Month Prior to Pregnancy (a pill that contains many different vitamins and minerals).

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	Did Not Take Daily Multivitamin			Took Daily Multivitamin
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	958	662	70.8	67.5-74.0	296	29.2	26.0-32.5
Age
< 20 years	71	***	***	***	***	***	***
20-24 years	238	202	84.2	77.8-89.0	36	15.8	11.0-22.2
25-34 years	504	313	63.4	58.5-68.0	191	36.6	32.0-41.5
35+ years	145	89	63.0	53.5-71.5	56	37.0	28.5-46.5
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	525	329	65.3	60.6-69.7	196	34.7	30.3-39.4
Non-Hispanic Black	244	195	81.9	75.3-87.1	49	18.1	12.9-24.7
Non-Hispanic Other	54	36	61.7	45.4-75.7	18	38.3	24.3-54.6
Latina	124	97	80.4	71.8-86.9	27	19.6	13.1-28.2
Education
< High School	175	144	83.9	76.6-89.3	31	16.1	10.7-23.4
High School	193	157	83.9	76.9-89.1	36	16.1	10.9-23.1
> High School	589	360	61.5	56.9-65.9	229	38.5	34.1-43.1
Marital Status
Married	559	324	59.6	55.0-64.1	235	40.4	35.9-45.0
Other	398	337	86.7	82.3-90.1	61	13.3	9.9-17.7
WIC recipient
No	467	256	55.8	50.6-60.8	211	44.2	39.2-49.4
Yes	485	402	84.8	80.7-88.1	83	15.2	11.9-19.3
Medicaid recipient
No	407	209	53.0	47.5-58.5	198	47.0	41.5-52.5
Yes	551	453	83.8	79.9-87.1	98	16.2	12.9-20.1
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	328	229	71.8	66.8-76.4	99	28.2	23.6-33.2
2500+ grams	630	433	70.8	67.1-74.2	197	29.2	25.8-32.9

~Low participation was a substantial problem for NC PRAMS in 2011.The overall weighted response rate was 54%.

*** This estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
The percentages shown are weighted percentages, designed to reflect the entire population of North Carolina women having a live birth.

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