Table 1 Prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with prenatal supplement intake in a representative sample of pregnant women in Colombia

Total (n = 1865)

1123 (68.6)

(67.2–69.8)

742 (31.4)

(29.7–33.0)

 13 to 17 (n = 249)

142 (65.6)

(62.0–68.2)

107 (34.4)

(30.0–37.5)

 18 to 29 (n = 1204)

727 (67.4)

(65.8–68.7)

477 (32.6)

(30.6–34.5)

 30 to 49 (n = 412)

254 (74.0)

(71.6–75.8)

158 (26.0)

(22.9–28.5)

 First (n = 292)

96 (41.3)

(36.6–44.8)

196 (58.7)

(55.8–60.8)

 Second (n = 978)

602 (69.3)

(67.7–70.6)

376 (30.7)

(28.5–32.7)

 Third (n = 595)

425 (79.6)

(78.1–80.8)

170 (20.4)

(17.8–22.6)

 Elementary or secondary (n = 1537)

864 (64.6)

(63.0–66.0)

673 (35.4)

(33.6–37.0)

 University or postgraduate (n = 328)

259 (82.0)

(80.6–83.1)

69 (18.0)

(14.0–21.0)

 Level I (n = 1088)

561 (61.2)

(59.2–62.9)

527 (38.8)

(36.8–40.6)

 Level II ^a (n = 176)

106 (62.3)

(58.3–65.0)

70 (37.7)

(32.1–41.6)

 Level III ^a (n = 136)

98 (77.1)

(73.6–79.4)

38 (22.9)

(17.2–26.6)

 Level IV or more (n = 465)

358 (79.5)

(78.1–80.6)

107 (20.5)

(17.5–23.0)

 Atlantic (North) (n = 438)

302 (71.7)

(69.8–73.3)

136 (28.3)

(25.6–30.5)

 Eastern (n = 258)

179 (69.2)

(66.9–71.0)

79 (30.8)

(26.7–33.9)

 Central (n = 381)

264 (73.8)

(71.5–75.5)

117 (26.2)

(23.2–28.6)

 Pacific (West) (n = 246)

128 (59.0)

(55.6–61.6)

118 (41.0)

(37.8–43.5)

 Bogotá ^a (n = 98)

68 (69.4)

(65.9–71.8)

30 (30.6)

(24.4–34.7)

 National territories (South) (n = 444)

182 (49.8)

(46.3–52.6)

262 (50.2)

(47.0–52.7)

 Urban (n = 1186)

804 (71.0)

(69.8–72.2)

382 (29.0)

(26.8–30.9)

 Rural (n = 679)

319 (47.0)

(58.9–64.1)

360 (53.0)

(36.2–39.8)

 Indigenous (n = 272)

95 (50.2)

(45.1–53.6)

177 (49.8)

(44.1–53.6)

 Black or Afro-Colombian (n = 202)

109 (63.6)

(59.4–66-6)

93 (36.4)

(33.2–38.6)

 Others (n = 1380)

908 (70.3)

(69.0–71.5)

472 (29.7)

(27.8–31.4)