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

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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	1372	773	56.5	53.5-59.4	197	15.5	13.5-17.8	402	28.0	25.4-30.7
Age
< 20 years	149	118	79.3	70.7-85.9	9	6.8	3.2-13.5	22	13.9	8.6-21.7
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+ years	211	92	43.7	36.4-51.3	32	16.8	11.8-23.2	87	39.5	32.5-47.0
Race
White	972	512	53.2	49.7-56.7	146	16.2	13.8-19.0	314	30.6	27.5-33.9
Black	332	224	67.3	61.1-73.1	44	14.7	10.6-19.9	64	18.0	13.6-23.4
Other	68	37	57.8	44.2-70.4	7	8.5	3.6-18.7	24	33.7	22.3-47.5
Hispanic origin
Yes	192	133	64.6	56.6-71.9	24	13.9	9.2-20.3	35	21.5	15.6-29.0
No	1179	640	54.9	51.7-58.1	173	15.8	13.6-18.4	366	29.2	26.4-32.2
Education
< High School	269	201	71.5	64.9-77.3	29	12.4	8.5-17.8	39	16.1	11.6-21.8
High School	376	266	70.4	64.8-75.6	37	11.1	7.8-15.5	73	18.5	14.4-23.5
> High School	723	305	42.2	38.2-46.2	129	19.2	16.2-22.6	289	38.7	34.8-42.6
Marital Status
Married	831	375	45.4	41.7-49.3	137	17.7	15.0-20.8	319	36.9	33.3-40.6
Other	541	398	72.3	67.7-76.5	60	12.4	9.5-16.0	83	15.3	12.1-19.2
Income
14,999 or less	383	293	75.5	70.0-80.2	44	12.7	9.2-17.3	46	11.8	8.6-16.2
15,000-24,999	176	123	69.1	60.9-76.3	21	11.8	7.5-18.1	32	19.1	13.3-26.7
25,000-49,999	262	139	51.1	44.4-57.9	47	20.5	15.5-26.6	76	28.3	22.7-34.8
50,000 or more	441	153	36.3	31.4-41.4	77	18.4	14.7-22.8	211	45.3	40.3-50.5
WIC recipient
No	740	311	41.9	37.9-45.9	132	19.2	16.2-22.6	297	39.0	35.1-42.9
Yes	622	457	72.5	68.3-76.3	64	11.6	9.0-14.9	101	15.9	12.8-19.5
Medicaid recipient
No	637	244	38.5	34.4-42.8	111	18.8	15.6-22.4	282	42.7	38.6-47.0
Yes	735	529	71.2	67.3-74.9	86	12.8	10.3-15.9	120	15.9	13.1-19.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams	451	281	64.0	59.5-68.2	45	9.8	7.4-12.8	125	26.3	22.5-30.4
2500+ grams	921	492	55.8	52.6-59.0	152	16.0	13.8-18.5	277	28.2	25.4-31.1

#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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