NC PRAMS 2005~` : (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).)

2005 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	990	558	56.6	52.7-60.4	119	11.4	9.2-14.1	313	32.1	28.6-35.8
Age
18-19 years	69	48	73.7	58.3-84.8	7	7.1	2.3-19.8	14	19.2	9.9-34.0
20-24 years	253	195	77.5	70.3-83.4	25	10.0	6.2-15.8	33	12.5	8.2-18.6
25-34 years	514	252	48.3	43.0-53.7	64	12.3	9.2-16.2	198	39.4	34.4-44.7
35-44 years	154	63	40.5	31.1-50.6	23	12.8	7.7-20.5	68	46.8	37.1-56.7
Race
White	710	372	53.3	48.9-57.8	86	10.7	8.4-13.7	252	35.9	31.8-40.3
Black	240	169	70.8	62.1-78.2	24	11.8	7.0-19.0	47	17.4	11.8-25.0
Other	40	17	45.4	27.1-64.9	9	21.8	9.9-41.4	14	32.9	17.4-53.2
Hispanic origin
Yes	126	88	68.5	58.2-77.3	12	7.4	3.6-14.7	26	24.0	16.2-34.0
No	864	470	54.2	50.0-58.4	107	12.2	9.7-15.1	287	33.6	29.8-37.7
Education
< High School	174	129	75.9	67.3-82.8	13	5.6	2.7-11.4	32	18.5	12.4-26.7
High School	290	208	69.0	61.5-75.6	33	11.6	7.5-17.4	49	19.4	14.0-26.2
> High School	524	219	42.4	37.3-47.7	73	13.7	10.5-17.7	232	43.9	38.8-49.1
Marital Status
Married	642	288	45.3	40.7-50.0	88	13.5	10.6-16.9	266	41.3	36.7-45.9
Other	348	270	77.6	71.1-82.9	31	7.5	4.6-12.1	47	14.9	10.5-20.7
Income
14,999 or less	284	211	74.0	66.8-80.1	29	8.3	5.0-13.4	44	17.7	12.6-24.4
15,000-24,999	152	101	66.6	56.2-75.6	16	8.7	4.5-16.1	35	24.7	16.8-34.7
25,000-49,999	177	103	57.0	48.1-65.4	21	11.7	7.2-18.4	53	31.4	23.8-40.0
50,000 or more	293	85	30.4	24.4-37.1	43	14.9	10.7-20.5	165	54.7	47.7-61.4
WIC recipient
No	548	247	46.2	41.2-51.3	71	12.5	9.5-16.1	230	41.3	36.5-46.4
Yes	426	299	69.6	63.6-75.0	48	10.3	7.1-14.7	79	20.1	15.5-25.6
Medicaid recipient
No	471	176	38.1	32.9-43.5	67	14.1	10.8-18.2	228	47.8	42.4-53.3
Yes	519	382	73.5	68.3-78.1	52	8.9	6.2-12.6	85	17.6	13.7-22.3
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	446	267	61.5	57.0-65.9	54	11.7	9.1-15.0	125	26.7	22.9-30.9
2500+ grams	544	291	56.1	51.9-60.2	65	11.4	9.0-14.3	188	32.5	28.7-36.5

#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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