Table 2 Knowledge and perceptions on drinking during pregnancy and on breastfeeding according to drinking behaviour, parity and educational level (France, 2012, N = 3603)
From: Warning about drinking during pregnancy: lessons from the French experience
In your opinion, do you think that… | Total | Non-drinkers (N = 1751) | Drinkersa(N = 1852) | p | Primiparous (N = 1572) | Multiparous (N = 2031) | p | < High school (N = 1019) | ≥ High school (N = 2583) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | ||||
1–2 drinks/day may be harmful to the foetus | .001 | .922 | <.001 | ||||||||
Yes | 3319 | 92.1 | 89.2 | 94.9 | 92.3 | 92.0 | 85.7 | 94.7 | |||
No | 110 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 2.4 | |||
Do not know | 173 | 4.8 | 7.1 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 9.4 | 3.0 | |||
1–2 occasional drinks may be harmful to the foetus | <.001 | .536 | .001 | ||||||||
Yes | 2239 | 62.2 | 63.8 | 60.6 | 63.1 | 61.4 | 58.5 | 63.6 | |||
No | 653 | 18.1 | 14.9 | 21.1 | 17.9 | 18.3 | 18.0 | 18.2 | |||
Do not know | 710 | 19.7 | 21.3 | 18.2 | 19.0 | 20.3 | 23.5 | 18.2 | |||
Only one binge drinking episode may be harmful to the foetus | .079 | .366 | .061 | ||||||||
Yes | 3225 | 89.5 | 88.6 | 90.4 | 89.9 | 89.2 | 87.9 | 90.2 | |||
No | 216 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 5.8 | |||
Do not know | 161 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.7 | 4.0 | |||
Spirits are more harmful than wine or beer | <.001 | .552 | <.001 | ||||||||
Yes | 1470 | 40.8 | 40.8 | 40.8 | 39.8 | 41.6 | 45.3 | 39.0 | |||
No | 1728 | 48.0 | 44.9 | 50.9 | 48.7 | 47.5 | 41.2 | 50.7 | |||
Do not know | 404 | 11.2 | 14.3 | 8.2 | 11.5 | 11.0 | 13.5 | 10.3 | |||
Drinking beer during breastfeeding is recommended | <.001 | .721 | <.001 | ||||||||
Yes | 319 | 8.9 | 7.0 | 10.7 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 11.2 | 7.9 | |||
No | 2845 | 79.0 | 79.3 | 78.6 | 79.2 | 78.8 | 73.5 | 81.1 | |||
Do not know | 438 | 12.2 | 13.7 | 10.7 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 15.2 | 10.9 | |||