Chapter 1. Prenatal Survey

Table 1.44. Percent of pregnant women who linked each kind of food to dioxins or PCB's  by selected demographics1, 2, among those who have heard of this problem

Infant Feeding Practices Study II

  N Some types
of fish
All types
of fish
Some types
of shell fish
Some types of
meat or chicken
All types of
meat or chicken
Some types of
cheeses
Some types of
luncheon meats
All types of
luncheon meats
Don't know
ALL 1,077 21.4 6.4 14.2 13.6 4.0 5.7 11.8 5.0 48.7
Age
18-24 178 11.8 7.3 10.1 12.9 2.8 5.6 15.7 5.6 53.4
25-29 318 18.9 4.1 10.7 15.1 4.1 8.2 11.9 4.1 52.5
30-34 313 24.0 8.0 21.1 12.5 3.8 4.8 8.3 4.8 47.9
35+ 266 28.2 6.8 13.2 13.5 4.9 3.8 12.8 6.0 41.7
Parity
Primiparous 338 18.9 7.7 13.0 14.8 4.7 7.1 12.4 6.5 46.2
Multiparous 716 22.8 5.9 14.8 12.8 3.5 5.0 11.7 4.5 49.9
Education
HS or less 132 9.1 4.5 9.8 14.4 3.0 6.1 17.4 3.8 60.6
Some college 326 21.5 5.8 12.9 13.8 3.7 7.1 8.9 6.4 47.9
College graduate 501 25.7 6.8 16.4 13.8 4.4 4.8 12.0 4.0 45.7
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 351 17.9 2.3 12.5 16.0 4.0 6.0 14.2 4.0 52.1
185- < 350% 385 21.3 7.3 15.3 13.5 3.1 4.7 10.4 5.7 49.9
>=350% 341 25.2 9.7 14.7 11.1 5.0 6.5 10.9 5.3 43.7
WIC Participant
No 828 22.8 7.1 15.5 13.0 4.0 5.7 11.7 4.7 47.6
Yes 247 16.6 4.0 10.1 15.4 4.0 5.7 12.1 6.1 52.2
Race
White 909 21.6 6.8 14.6 12.4 3.4 5.2 12.0 4.0 50.2
Black 30 16.7 3.3 3.3 26.7 10.0 10.0 3.3 6.7 40.0
Hispanic 51 21.6 3.9 13.7 25.5 5.9 9.8 13.7 13.7 39.2
Region
Northeast 209 28.2 6.2 19.1 10.0 4.3 4.3 12.0 5.3 42.6
Midwest 340 25.0 9.1 13.8 12.6 3.8 3.2 9.7 2.9 52.1
South 325 18.5 4.3 12.9 15.7 2.5 8.0 13.5 4.9 47.1
West 203 13.3 5.4 11.8 15.3 6.4 7.4 12.3 8.4 51.7

1Table is based on variables: P46C1-9

2Row percentages do not add up to 100% because women could choose all that apply