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

FOLIC ACID

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	1668	911	56.9	53.9-59.9	243	14.6	12.6-16.9	514	28.4	25.8-31.2
Age
< 20 years	197	148	79.1	70.9-85.4	17	5.8	2.9-11.3	32	15.1	9.7-22.7
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+ years	230	91	41.5	33.8-49.6	36	17.1	11.8-24.1	103	41.5	33.9-49.5
Race
White	1149	612	56.8	53.3-60.3	154	13.3	11.1-15.9	383	29.9	26.8-33.1
Black	446	262	58.7	52.3-64.8	74	16.8	12.5-22.1	110	24.5	19.4-30.4
Other	73	37	50.1	36.4-63.9	15	24.0	13.8-38.3	21	25.9	15.7-39.6
Hispanic origin
Yes	215	141	65.2	57.4-72.3	20	10.1	6.2-16.0	54	24.7	18.6-32.0
No	1450	768	55.2	52.0-58.5	223	15.6	13.3-18.1	459	29.2	26.4-32.2
Education
< High School	337	242	70.3	63.7-76.1	36	12.0	8.2-17.2	59	17.8	13.2-23.6
High School	453	290	65.9	60.2-71.2	61	13.5	10.0-18.0	102	20.6	16.3-25.6
> High School	872	377	46.1	42.0-50.2	145	16.3	13.5-19.6	350	37.6	33.7-41.6
Marital Status
Married	1015	462	47.4	43.7-51.2	162	16.7	14.1-19.7	391	35.9	32.4-39.6
Other	653	449	70.4	65.6-74.7	81	11.7	8.9-15.4	123	17.9	14.4-22.0
Income
14,999 or less	451	326	72.5	66.9-77.6	45	9.0	6.1-13.1	80	18.4	14.2-23.6
15,000-24,999	257	178	70.2	62.6-76.8	25	10.4	6.5-16.3	54	19.4	14.1-26.2
25,000-49,999	304	164	55.5	48.5-62.4	57	20.4	15.2-26.7	83	24.1	18.6-30.5
50,000 or more	540	172	35.4	30.6-40.5	98	18.1	14.5-22.4	270	46.5	41.4-51.7
WIC recipient
No	947	411	45.5	41.6-49.5	158	16.8	14.0-20.0	378	37.7	34.0-41.6
Yes	704	491	71.1	66.6-75.1	82	11.9	9.2-15.3	131	17.1	13.8-20.9
Medicaid recipient
No	790	284	38.7	34.6-43.0	143	18.9	15.7-22.5	363	42.4	38.2-46.7
Yes	878	627	72.1	68.1-75.7	100	11.1	8.7-14.1	151	16.8	13.9-20.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	768	417	56.7	53.2-60.1	107	13.5	11.3-16.0	244	29.8	26.8-33.0
2500+ grams	900	494	57.0	53.7-60.2	136	14.7	12.6-17.2	270	28.3	25.5-31.3

#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.

This page was generated on 09JUN09