Table 2.

Reported alcohol use prior to and during pregnancy

		Women reporting any alcohol use prior to pregnancy (n=234)		Women reporting hazardous alcohol use prior to pregnancy (n=152)
Variable	Any alcohol use prior to pregnancy	Non-hazardous use prior to pregnancy	Hazardous use prior to pregnancy	Reduced consumption during pregnancy	Consistently high consumption during pregnancy
Number of mothers	234	82 (35)	152 (65)	106 (70)	46 (30)
Alcohol frequency
How often do you have a drink containing alcohol?
Never	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	89 (84)	0 (0)
Once per month or less	138 (59)	75 (91)	63 (41)	17 (16)	14 (30)
2–4 times per month	83 (35)	7 (9)	76 (50)	0 (0)	25 (54)
2–3 times per week	12 (5)	0 (0)	12 (8)	0 (0)	5 (11)
4 times or more per week	1 (0.4)	0 (0)	1 (0.7)	0 (0)	2 (4)
Alcohol quantity
How many standard drinks containing alcohol do you have on a typical day when drinking?
1 or 2	42 (18)	38 (46)	4 (3)	7 (7)	1 (2)
3 or 4	89 (38)	44 (54)	45 (30)	10 (9)	13 (28)
5 or 6	77 (33)	0 (0)	77 (51)	0 (0)	24 (52)
7 to 9	12 (5)	0 (0)	12 (8)	0 (0)	2 (4)
10 or more	14 (6)	0 (0)	14 (9)	0 (0)	6 (13)
Binge drinking
How many times do you have six standard drinks or more at a time?
Never	128 (55)	81 (99)	47 (31)	104 (98)	15 (33)
Less than monthly	61 (26)	1 (1)	60 (39)	2 (2)	16 (35)
Monthly	24 (10)	0 (0)	24 (16)	0 (0)	9 (20)
Weekly	16 (7)	0 (0)	16 (11)	0 (0)	6 (13)
Daily or almost daily	5 (2)	0 (0)	5 (3)	0 (0)	0 (0)