. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 21.

Published in final edited form as: Ethn Dis. 2008 Spring;18(2 Suppl 2):S2–168-71.

Table 3.

Factors associated with consumption of folic acid

Factor	Use of folic acid	unadjusted OR (95% CI)	p value
Age group
Adolescent (10–19)	25%	0.1669 (0.48–1.1)	NSS
Non-adolescent (20–49)	30%
Education
High school or beyond	94%	8.3 (5.1–13.4)	0.0000
Less than high school	64%
Social strata
Higher (classes I–III)	34%	1.58 (1.2–2.1)	0.0016
Lower (classes IV–V)	25%
Marital status
Married/living together	29%	0.87 (0.66–1.16)	NSS
Widow/divorced/single	32%

OR – odds ratio, CI-confidence interval, NSS- non statistically significant