NC PRAMS 2006~` : (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).)

2006 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	1309	692	55.5	52.1-58.9	182	14.1	12.0-16.6	435	30.3	27.3-33.5
Age
18-19 years	96	79	75.2	61.9-85.0	4	5.8	1.9-16.2	13	19.0	10.5-32.1
20-24 years	299	206	69.3	62.5-75.4	33	11.3	7.6-16.5	60	19.4	14.5-25.4
25-34 years	694	327	50.8	46.1-55.4	106	15.1	12.2-18.6	261	34.1	29.9-38.6
35-44 years	220	80	36.9	28.8-45.7	39	20.7	14.5-28.7	101	42.5	34.2-51.1
Race
White	965	458	49.8	45.8-53.7	134	15.0	12.5-18.0	373	35.2	31.6-39.0
Black	266	186	73.2	65.5-79.8	36	10.4	6.5-16.3	44	16.3	11.2-23.3
Other	78	48	62.4	48.0-74.9	12	16.6	8.8-29.3	18	21.0	11.6-35.0
Hispanic origin
Yes	176	118	68.7	59.5-76.6	15	6.7	3.5-12.4	43	24.6	17.4-33.6
No	1133	574	52.9	49.2-56.6	167	15.6	13.2-18.4	392	31.5	28.2-34.9
Education
< High School	182	134	69.9	60.4-78.0	13	4.9	2.2-10.6	35	25.2	17.7-34.5
High School	403	280	73.5	67.8-78.6	41	11.1	7.8-15.7	82	15.3	11.6-20.1
> High School	722	276	39.5	35.1-44.0	128	19.1	15.9-22.9	318	41.4	37.1-45.8
Marital Status
Married	881	373	45.3	41.2-49.4	136	16.4	13.7-19.6	372	38.3	34.5-42.3
Other	428	319	72.0	66.1-77.2	46	10.4	7.3-14.7	63	17.6	13.2-23.0
Income
14,999 or less	341	258	74.3	67.8-80.0	28	7.6	4.8-12.0	55	18.0	13.1-24.2
15,000-24,999	169	120	77.6	68.8-84.4	21	10.8	6.3-18.0	28	11.6	6.8-19.1
25,000-49,999	256	127	52.1	44.6-59.6	41	18.9	13.6-25.7	88	29.0	22.8-36.1
50,000 or more	440	119	27.0	22.2-32.4	85	20.7	16.5-25.7	236	52.2	46.6-57.8
WIC recipient
No	745	295	41.4	37.0-46.0	123	18.2	15.0-21.9	327	40.4	36.1-44.8
Yes	549	389	71.7	66.7-76.3	59	9.6	7.0-13.0	101	18.7	14.8-23.3
Medicaid recipient
No	674	234	37.0	32.6-41.7	115	18.4	15.1-22.3	325	44.5	40.0-49.1
Yes	635	458	72.7	68.0-77.0	67	10.1	7.6-13.4	110	17.2	13.6-21.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	573	316	60.6	56.4-64.5	68	11.5	9.1-14.5	189	28.0	24.5-31.7
2500+ grams	736	376	55.1	51.4-58.8	114	14.4	12.0-17.0	246	30.6	27.3-34.0

#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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