NC PRAMS 2010~` : (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).)

2010 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	938	483	55.5	51.8-59.1	119	12.2	10.0-14.7	336	32.4	29.0-35.9
Age
18-19 years	51	42	81.1	64.1-91.2	3	7.0	1.9-22.6	6	11.9	4.4-28.3
20-24 years	224	169	80.0	73.5-85.2	22	8.2	5.0-13.2	33	11.8	7.9-17.3
25-34 years	503	214	45.2	40.3-50.3	71	14.2	11.2-18.0	218	40.5	35.7-45.5
35-44 years	160	58	36.5	28.1-45.9	23	14.2	9.1-21.6	79	49.3	40.2-58.4
Race
White	662	312	51.8	47.4-56.1	85	12.5	9.9-15.6	265	35.7	31.7-39.9
Black	196	127	65.3	57.0-72.8	22	10.9	6.7-17.3	47	23.8	17.3-31.6
Other	73	40	60.9	47.7-72.7	12	13.8	7.3-24.6	21	25.3	15.6-38.3
Hispanic origin
Yes	109	66	66.0	55.4-75.2	14	11.8	6.8-19.9	29	22.2	14.5-32.3
No	827	416	53.8	49.8-57.6	105	12.3	9.9-15.0	306	34.0	30.4-37.8
Education
< High School	127	86	70.4	59.8-79.2	11	7.1	3.3-14.5	30	22.5	14.8-32.8
High School	245	172	73.0	66.3-78.9	23	8.5	5.3-13.4	50	18.4	13.6-24.5
> High School	563	224	42.2	37.7-46.9	85	15.6	12.5-19.3	254	42.2	37.7-46.8
Marital Status
Married	617	253	44.3	39.9-48.8	95	16.0	13.0-19.5	269	39.7	35.5-44.1
Other	321	230	73.1	67.0-78.5	24	6.1	3.7- 9.9	67	20.7	15.9-26.5
Income
14,999 or less	245	179	75.6	68.7-81.3	18	6.2	3.5-10.7	48	18.2	13.2-24.6
15,000-24,999	130	91	73.4	63.8-81.1	13	9.7	5.3-17.0	26	17.0	10.7-25.8
25,000-49,999	196	106	54.0	46.0-61.8	28	15.0	10.1-21.7	62	31.0	24.1-38.8
50,000 or more	318	79	27.0	21.8-33.0	52	16.9	12.7-22.0	187	56.1	49.9-62.2
WIC recipient
No	524	185	36.7	32.1-41.6	88	16.7	13.5-20.7	251	46.5	41.7-51.4
Yes	408	295	75.4	70.2-79.9	30	7.3	4.8-10.8	83	17.3	13.5-22.0
Medicaid recipient
No	480	158	35.1	30.3-40.2	77	16.2	12.8-20.2	245	48.7	43.7-53.8
Yes	458	325	73.6	68.6-78.0	42	8.6	6.1-12.0	91	17.8	14.1-22.3
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	312	154	53.5	47.9-59.0	37	11.5	8.4-15.6	121	35.0	30.0-40.4
2500+ grams	626	329	55.7	51.7-59.6	82	12.2	9.9-15.0	215	32.1	28.6-35.9

#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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