Chapter 1. Prenatal Survey

Table 1.43. Percent of pregnant women who linked each kind of food to mercury 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 3,243 83.9 14.3 32.8 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.9 0.3 3.4
Age
18-24 722 80.3 15.9 34.3 1.1 0.4 0.7 1.8 0.7 5.7
25-29 1,075 84.3 14.7 32.9 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.2 3.0
30-34 901 85.9 13.1 30.9 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.2 2.8
35+ 538 84.4 13.6 33.5 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.2 2.2
Parity
Primiparous 1,025 84.0 14.4 35.3 0.7 0.1 0.4 0.9 0.4 3.5
Multiparous 2,130 84.1 14.3 31.8 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.3 3.3
Education
HS or less 563 81.0 15.5 30.0 1.1 0.0 0.9 1.1 0.0 4.3
Some college 1,174 82.7 15.3 32.8 0.7 0.2 0.3 1.0 0.3 3.7
College graduate 1,208 88.6 11.9 33.6 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.2 1.5
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 1,243 81.3 15.4 31.5 0.9 0.2 0.9 1.4 0.4 5.0
185- < 350% 1,183 85.4 13.4 33.8 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.8 0.2 2.9
>=350% 817 85.7 13.8 33.3 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 1.7
WIC Participant
No 2,369 85.6 13.4 33.4 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.3 2.7
Yes 869 79.2 16.8 31.2 1.2 0.2 1.0 1.3 0.5 5.3
Race
White 2,645 84.6 13.8 32.7 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.8 0.3 3.1
Black 146 80.8 17.1 26.7 1.4 0.7 2.7 2.1 0.0 2.1
Hispanic 197 77.7 16.8 32.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.1
Region
Northeast 580 86.7 12.2 29.7 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.9 0.2 2.8
Midwest 915 81.6 16.5 33.0 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.4 4.2
South 1,082 84.8 12.8 33.5 0.6 0.0 0.4 1.1 0.4 3.0
West 666 83.2 15.5 34.1 0.9 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.2 3.5

1Table is based on variables: P46B1-9

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