| Folic acid supplement use | Alcohol use | Smoking | |||||||||
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Started PCC ≥ 4 weeks | Started prenatal | Never started | P-value | No PCC use | Quit PCC | Quit later/ did not quit | P-value | No PCC smoking | Quit PCC | Quit later/ did not quit | P-value | |
N = 640 | N = 248 | N = 30 |  | N = 286 | N = 170 | N = 461 |  | N = 829 | N = 18 | N = 73 |  | |
Knowledge | ||||||||||||
  Visited PCC-consult | 217 (33.9) | 42 (16.9) | 5 (16.7) |  <  0.001 | 89 (31.1) | 56 (32.9) | 119 (25.8) | 0.122 | 238 (28.7) | 7 (38.9) | 20 (27.4) | 0.621 |
  Retrieved PCC-information | 483 (75.5) | 122 (49.2) | 14 (46.7) |  <  0.001 | 194 (67.8) | 135 (79.4) | 290 (62.9) |  <  0.001 | 566 (68.3) | 14 (82.4) | 41 (56.9) | 0.043 |
  Knew where to find PCC-information | 531 (83.0) | 207 (83.5) | 27 (90.0) | 0.610 | 235 (82.2) | 138 (81.2) | 391 (85.0) | 0.412 | 693 (83.6) | 14 (77.8) | 30 (82.2) | 0.764 |
Health Beliefsa | ||||||||||||
  Pregnancy is not something you can plan | 259 (40.5) | 102 (41.1) | 18 (60.0) | 0.105 | 127 (44.4) | 60 (35.3) | 191 (41.4) | 0.161 | 337 (40.7) | 7 (38.9) | 37 (50.7) | 0.243 |
  Important to keep wish to conceive private | 234 (36.6) | 94 (37.9) | 11 (36.7) | 0.933 | 117 (40.9) | 64 (37.6) | 158 (34.3) | 0.185 | 316 (38.1) | 4 (22.2) | 21 (28.8) | 0.119 |
  Comfortable discussing wish to conceive | 348 (54.4) | 129 (52.0) | 12 (40.0) | 0.274 | 140 (49.0) | 94 (55.3) | 257 (55.7) | 0.171 | 433 (52.2) | 13 (72.2) | 45 (61.6) | 0.082 |
  "We'll see what happens" | 359 (56.1) | 184 (74.2) | 21 (70.0) |  <  0.001 | 172 (60.1) | 85 (50.0) | 306 (66.4) | 0.001 | 504 (60.8) | 8 (44.4) | 54 (74.0) | 0.028 |
  Romantic trying to conceive | 387 (60.5) | 144 (58.1) | 23 (76.7) | 0.143 | 164 (57.3) | 114 (67.1) | 275 (59.7) | 0.112 | 511 (61.6) | 10 (55.6) | 35 (47.9) | 0.066 |
  PCC important for every woman | 539 (84.2) | 172 (69.4) | 26 (86.7) |  <  0.001 | 231 (80.8) | 146 (85.9) | 359 (77.9) | 0.078 | 673 (81.2) | 14 (77.8) | 51 (69.9) | 0.069* |
  PCC especially important for first pregnancies | 242 (37.8) | 118 (47.6) | 12 (40.0) | 0.029 | 116 (40.6) | 71 (41.8) | 183 (39.7) | 0.892 | 333 (40.2) | 7 (38.9) | 33 (45.2) | 0.695 |
  Influence of a healthy PCC lifestyle | 232 (36.3) | 63 (25.4) | 14 (46.7) | 0.003 | 111 (38.8) | 64 (37.6) | 135 (29.3) | 0.014 | 284 (34.4) | 8 (44.4) | 18 (24.7) | 0.156 |
  Influence of partners PCC healthy lifestyle | 318 (49.7) | 91 (36.7) | 16 (53.3) | 0.002 | 145 (50.7) | 90 (52.9) | 188 (40.8) | 0.004 | 397 (47.9) | 6 (33.3) | 22 (30.1) | 0.008 |
  Influence of a healthy lifestyle in pregnancy | 582 (90.9) | 221 (89.1) | 24 (80.0) | 0.122 | 246 (86.0) | 153 (90.0) | 427 (92.6) | 0.013 | 752 (90.7) | 15 (83.3) | 62 (84.9) | 0.177 |
  Looking up PCC-information is stressful | 62 (9.7) | 25 (10.1) | 4 (13.3) | 0.725* | 37 (12.9) | 19 (11.2) | 35 (7.6) | 0.051 | 80 (9.7) | 3 (16.7) | 8 (11.0) | 0.487* |
  Too many rules for a healthy pregnancy | 190 (29.7) | 92 (37.1) | 12 (40.0) | 0.067 | 79 (27.6) | 56 (32.9) | 158 (34.3) | 0.158 | 256 (30.9) | 6 (33.3) | 33 (45.2) | 0.042 |
  Healthy enough for a PCC | 273 (42.7) | 143 (57.7) | 23 (76.7) |  <  0.001 | 127 (44.4) | 75 (44.1) | 236 (51.2) | 0.122 | 397 (47.9) | 8 (44.4) | 35 (47.9) | 0.998 |