Variable | Survey sample | Knowledge about FA | P | FA intake before pregnancy | P | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N(428) | N(282) % | N(198) % | |||||
Age at conception (years) | |||||||
 < 25 | 77 | 44 | 57.1 | 0.194 | 29 |  | 0.078 |
 25–34 | 301 | 205 | 68.1 | 140 |  | ||
  ≥ 35 | 50 | 33 | 66.0 | 29 |  | ||
Residence | |||||||
 Local residents | 259 | 189 | 73.0 | 0.000** | 138 | 53.3 | 0.000** |
 Immigrants from rural | 169 | 93 | 55.0 | 60 | 35.5 | ||
Gestational age(weeks) | |||||||
  ≤ 12 | 63 | 44 | 69.8 | 0.474 | 33 | 52.4 | 0.291 |
  ≥ 13 | 365 | 238 | 65.2 | 165 | 45.2 | ||
Education | |||||||
 Primary/Secondary | 145 | 75 | 51.7 | 0.000** | 52 | 35.9 | 0.005* |
 College | 100 | 67 | 67.0 | 48 | 48.0 | ||
 University | 183 | 140 | 76.5 | 98 | 53.6 | ||
Occupational status | |||||||
 Employed | 300 | 209 | 69.7 | 0.012* | 154 | 51.3 | 0.001* |
 homemaker | 128 | 73 | 57.0 | 54 | 42.2 | ||
District | |||||||
 Southern | 215 | 126 | 58.6 | 0.001* | 100 | 46.5 | 0.917 |
 Northern | 213 | 156 | 73.2 | 98 | 46.0 | ||
Planned pregancy | |||||||
 Yes | 234 | 172 | 73.5 | 0.000** | 153 | 65.4 | 0.000** |
 No | 194 | 110 | 56.7 | 45 | 23.2 | ||
Gravidity | |||||||
 primigravidas | 236 | 166 | 70.3 | 0.031* | 99 | 42.0 | 0.047* |
 multigravidas | 192 | 116 | 60.4 | 99 | 51.6 | ||
Maternal Parity status | |||||||
 nulliparous | 279 | 195 | 69.9 | 0.017* | 129 | 46.2 | 0.989 |
 multiparous | 149 | 87 | 58.4 | 69 | 46.3 | ||
Adverse pregnancy outcomes | |||||||
 Yes | 90 | 59 | 65.6 | 0.940 | 48 | 53.3 | 0.130 |
 No | 338 | 223 | 66.0 | 150 | 44.4 | ||
Participate in NFPHEPa | |||||||
 Yes | 109 | 69 | 63.3 | 0.510 | 59 | 54.1 | 0.056 |
 No | 319 | 213 | 66.8 | 139 | 43.6 | ||
Knowledge about FA | |||||||
 Yes | 282 | - |  |  | 143 | 50.7 | 0.010* |
 No | 146 | - |  | 55 | 37.7 |