NC PRAMS 2004: (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).)

2004 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

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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	1575	935	59.9	56.9-62.9	197	13.9	11.9-16.2	443	26.2	23.6-28.9
Age
< 20 years	166	136	79.4	69.9-86.5	10	6.2	2.8-13.1	20	14.4	8.5-23.3
20-24 years	409	306	73.3	67.6-78.3	41	11.6	8.2-16.2	62	15.0	11.3-19.8
25-34 years	804	418	53.1	48.8-57.3	106	14.2	11.5-17.4	280	32.8	28.9-36.8
35+ years	196	75	39.5	31.3-48.3	40	25.6	18.7-34.0	81	34.9	27.3-43.5
Race
White	1087	591	55.6	52.0-59.1	147	14.6	12.3-17.3	349	29.8	26.6-33.1
Black	424	299	72.4	66.2-77.8	45	12.4	8.7-17.4	80	15.3	11.2-20.5
Other	64	45	70.2	55.0-81.9	5	8.8	3.1-22.7	14	21.0	11.4-35.5
Hispanic origin
Yes	178	131	75.5	67.3-82.1	12	7.2	3.7-13.3	35	17.4	11.8-24.8
No	1397	804	57.1	53.8-60.4	185	15.1	12.9-17.6	408	27.8	24.9-30.8
Education
< High School	321	256	80.6	74.5-85.6	22	5.5	3.1- 9.6	43	13.9	9.7-19.5
High School	451	309	68.1	62.4-73.3	54	14.2	10.5-18.9	88	17.7	13.7-22.6
> High School	800	368	44.9	40.8-49.2	121	17.9	14.8-21.4	311	37.2	33.2-41.4
Marital Status
Married	966	457	47.2	43.4-51.0	151	17.6	14.9-20.8	358	35.1	31.6-38.8
Other	609	478	79.4	74.8-83.3	46	8.2	5.7-11.6	85	12.5	9.4-16.3
Income
14,999 or less	466	358	77.3	72.0-81.9	43	9.9	6.9-14.0	65	12.8	9.4-17.3
15,000-24,999	245	181	73.8	66.3-80.2	28	12.7	8.3-19.1	36	13.4	9.0-19.7
25,000-49,999	319	197	60.7	54.1-67.0	40	15.3	11.0-20.7	82	24.0	18.9-30.0
50,000 or more	420	114	27.5	22.7-33.0	77	20.2	16.0-25.2	229	52.3	46.5-58.0
WIC recipient
No	796	353	43.6	39.4-47.9	127	18.1	15.1-21.7	316	38.3	34.2-42.4
Yes	765	573	76.4	72.3-80.0	68	9.7	7.3-12.7	124	14.0	11.1-17.4
Medicaid recipient
No	723	288	39.6	35.3-44.0	117	18.6	15.4-22.3	318	41.8	37.5-46.2
Yes	852	647	76.3	72.5-79.8	80	10.1	7.8-13.0	125	13.6	10.9-16.8
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	708	439	64.4	60.9-67.7	68	9.6	7.7-12.0	201	26.0	23.0-29.2
2500+ grams	867	496	59.5	56.2-62.7	129	14.3	12.1-16.7	242	26.2	23.4-29.2

#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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