NC PRAMS 2004~` : (In the month before you got pregnant with your new baby, how many times a week did you take a multivitamin (a pill that contains many different vitamins and minerals).)

2004 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

Preconception Health Indicators Women 18-44

In the month before you got pregnant with your new baby, how many times a week did you take a multivitamin (a pill that contains many different vitamins and minerals).

Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	Didn't take a multivitamin			Didn't take a multivitamin daily			Took a multivitamin every day of the week
Demographic Groups	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
Total	1522	896	59.7	56.6-62.7	190	13.9	11.9-16.2	436	26.4	23.8-29.2
Age
18-19 years	117	97	81.6	70.7-89.1	5	6.0	2.3-14.6	15	12.4	6.5-22.6
20-24 years	409	306	73.3	67.6-78.3	41	11.6	8.2-16.2	62	15.0	11.3-19.8
25-34 years	804	418	53.1	48.8-57.3	106	14.2	11.5-17.4	280	32.8	28.9-36.8
35-44 years	192	75	40.2	31.9-49.1	38	24.4	17.6-32.8	79	35.4	27.6-44.0
Race
White	1054	567	55.2	51.5-58.8	142	14.7	12.3-17.5	345	30.1	26.9-33.5
Black	404	284	72.9	66.6-78.4	43	12.3	8.5-17.4	77	14.7	10.7-20.0
Other	64	45	70.2	55.0-81.9	5	8.8	3.1-22.7	14	21.0	11.4-35.5
Hispanic origin
Yes	174	129	75.8	67.5-82.5	11	7.3	3.8-13.6	34	16.9	11.4-24.4
No	1348	767	56.8	53.5-60.1	179	15.1	12.9-17.7	402	28.1	25.2-31.1
Education
< High School	275	220	81.8	75.4-86.8	17	5.2	2.8- 9.6	38	13.0	8.7-18.8
High School	448	306	67.9	62.2-73.2	54	14.3	10.6-19.0	88	17.8	13.8-22.7
> High School	796	368	45.1	40.9-49.4	119	17.5	14.5-21.0	309	37.3	33.3-41.5
Marital Status
Married	955	451	47.2	43.4-51.0	149	17.5	14.8-20.7	355	35.3	31.7-39.0
Other	567	445	79.8	75.1-83.8	41	8.1	5.6-11.7	81	12.1	9.0-16.0
Income
14,999 or less	447	343	77.9	72.5-82.5	42	10.2	7.1-14.5	62	11.9	8.6-16.3
15,000-24,999	235	175	74.1	66.5-80.5	25	12.0	7.7-18.4	35	13.8	9.2-20.2
25,000-49,999	314	192	60.4	53.8-66.7	40	15.4	11.1-20.9	82	24.2	19.0-30.3
50,000 or more	414	113	27.8	22.9-33.3	75	19.8	15.6-24.8	226	52.4	46.6-58.1
WIC recipient
No	783	346	43.4	39.2-47.7	124	18.0	14.9-21.6	313	38.5	34.5-42.8
Yes	728	543	76.5	72.4-80.2	65	9.8	7.4-12.9	120	13.7	10.9-17.1
Medicaid recipient
No	715	285	39.7	35.4-44.1	114	18.1	14.9-21.8	316	42.2	37.9-46.6
Yes	807	611	76.4	72.4-79.9	76	10.5	8.1-13.5	120	13.2	10.5-16.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	675	413	63.5	59.9-66.9	64	9.5	7.5-11.9	198	27.1	24.0-30.4
2500+ grams	847	483	59.3	56.0-62.6	126	14.3	12.1-16.8	238	26.3	23.5-29.4

#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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