NC PRAMS 2007~` : (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).)

2007 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	1609	868	56.2	53.1-59.2	236	14.9	12.9-17.3	505	28.9	26.2-31.7
Age
18-19 years	142	106	79.1	69.2-86.4	10	5.0	2.0-11.9	26	15.9	9.6-25.3
20-24 years	399	281	71.8	65.9-77.0	51	13.1	9.4-17.9	67	15.1	11.2-20.0
25-34 years	842	391	47.7	43.5-52.0	139	17.0	14.1-20.4	312	35.3	31.4-39.4
35-44 years	226	90	42.0	34.2-50.2	36	17.3	12.0-24.4	100	40.7	33.1-48.8
Race
White	1115	588	56.1	52.5-59.6	151	13.7	11.4-16.3	376	30.3	27.1-33.6
Black	426	246	57.2	50.7-63.6	71	17.3	12.9-22.8	109	25.5	20.2-31.5
Other	68	34	52.5	38.2-66.4	14	22.7	12.6-37.4	20	24.8	14.7-38.7
Hispanic origin
Yes	210	137	64.7	56.7-71.9	19	9.8	5.9-15.8	54	25.5	19.2-33.0
No	1397	730	54.4	51.1-57.7	217	16.0	13.7-18.6	450	29.6	26.7-32.7
Education
< High School	285	203	68.7	61.4-75.2	29	12.7	8.5-18.7	53	18.6	13.5-25.0
High School	450	287	65.8	60.0-71.1	61	13.6	10.0-18.1	102	20.7	16.3-25.8
> High School	868	376	46.2	42.1-50.4	145	16.4	13.6-19.7	347	37.4	33.5-41.4
Marital Status
Married	1004	456	47.2	43.5-51.0	161	16.8	14.1-19.8	387	36.0	32.4-39.7
Other	605	412	69.6	64.6-74.1	75	12.2	9.1-16.0	118	18.3	14.6-22.6
Income
14,999 or less	426	309	72.4	66.6-77.6	40	9.2	6.2-13.5	77	18.3	14.0-23.6
15,000-24,999	251	174	70.2	62.5-76.9	25	10.7	6.6-16.6	52	19.1	13.7-26.0
25,000-49,999	299	159	54.0	46.8-61.0	57	21.1	15.8-27.6	83	24.9	19.3-31.5
50,000 or more	533	168	35.0	30.2-40.2	98	18.4	14.7-22.7	267	46.6	41.5-51.8
WIC recipient
No	917	389	44.8	40.8-48.8	156	17.2	14.4-20.5	372	38.0	34.2-42.0
Yes	675	470	70.6	66.1-74.8	77	11.9	9.1-15.4	128	17.4	14.1-21.4
Medicaid recipient
No	781	281	38.7	34.6-43.1	143	19.2	16.0-22.8	357	42.1	37.9-46.4
Yes	828	587	71.3	67.2-75.1	93	11.3	8.8-14.3	148	17.4	14.4-21.0
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	740	397	56.0	52.5-59.5	102	13.3	11.1-15.8	241	30.7	27.6-34.0
2500+ grams	869	471	56.2	52.9-59.5	134	15.1	12.9-17.6	264	28.7	25.8-31.8

#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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