Table 5.

The reasons for mothers to take pre-conceptional folic acid (n = 218)

Reasons	n	%
To prevent the defects associated with the nervous system of the fetus/ baby	11	5.0
For the development of the nervous system of the fetus/ baby	78	35.8
Taken but do not know the reason	31	14.2
Non-specific/ incorrect or invalid reason	98	45.0