NC PRAMS 2008~` : (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).)

2008 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	1320	735	55.8	52.8-58.8	193	15.8	13.6-18.1	392	28.4	25.8-31.2
Age
18-19 years	101	83	83.5	73.4-90.2	6	5.1	1.9-12.9	12	11.4	6.0-20.7
20-24 years	321	231	68.4	62.2-74.0	42	14.8	10.8-20.0	48	16.8	12.5-22.1
25-34 years	691	332	49.3	45.2-53.5	114	17.4	14.5-20.8	245	33.2	29.5-37.2
35-44 years	207	89	43.0	35.7-50.7	31	16.9	11.9-23.4	87	40.1	33.0-47.7
Race
White	938	485	52.4	48.8-55.9	142	16.3	13.9-19.1	311	31.3	28.1-34.7
Black	315	214	67.3	60.8-73.1	44	15.4	11.2-20.9	57	17.3	12.9-22.8
Other	67	36	57.6	43.9-70.3	7	8.5	3.6-18.7	24	33.9	22.4-47.7
Hispanic origin
Yes	180	123	64.0	55.8-71.5	24	14.7	9.8-21.6	33	21.2	15.2-28.9
No	1139	612	54.3	51.0-57.6	169	15.9	13.7-18.5	358	29.7	26.9-32.8
Education
< High School	226	169	71.4	64.2-77.7	26	12.7	8.5-18.5	31	15.9	11.1-22.2
High School	371	263	70.5	64.8-75.7	37	11.2	7.9-15.7	71	18.3	14.2-23.3
> High School	719	302	42.0	38.0-46.0	128	19.2	16.2-22.6	289	38.8	35.0-42.8
Marital Status
Married	823	369	45.1	41.3-49.0	136	17.9	15.1-21.0	318	37.0	33.4-40.8
Other	497	366	72.4	67.6-76.7	57	12.5	9.5-16.3	74	15.1	11.8-19.1
Income
14,999 or less	356	272	75.7	70.0-80.5	41	12.2	8.7-16.9	43	12.1	8.7-16.7
15,000-24,999	173	122	70.0	61.7-77.1	21	12.1	7.7-18.5	30	18.0	12.3-25.5
25,000-49,999	257	134	50.2	43.4-57.0	47	20.9	15.8-27.1	76	28.9	23.2-35.4
50,000 or more	438	152	36.1	31.3-41.2	76	18.4	14.7-22.8	210	45.4	40.4-50.6
WIC recipient
No	730	306	41.9	37.9-45.9	130	19.2	16.1-22.6	294	39.0	35.1-43.0
Yes	580	424	72.0	67.7-76.1	62	11.9	9.2-15.3	94	16.0	12.9-19.7
Medicaid recipient
No	631	241	38.2	34.1-42.5	110	18.9	15.8-22.6	280	42.9	38.7-47.2
Yes	689	494	71.1	67.1-74.9	83	13.0	10.3-16.2	112	15.9	13.0-19.3
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	428	264	63.4	58.8-67.7	44	10.1	7.6-13.3	120	26.5	22.7-30.8
2500+ grams	892	471	55.2	51.9-58.4	149	16.2	14.0-18.8	272	28.6	25.7-31.6

#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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