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Table 1 Parental and children’s characteristics (n = 396)

From: Investigating continuation of folic acid supplementation during peri-conceptional period: a community-based cross-sectional study

Characteristics

N

%

Maternal age (years)

  

  < 30

227

57.32

  ≥ 30

169

42.68

Maternal household registration

  

 Local

245

61.87

 Non-local

151

38.13

Maternal education

  

 High school or below

41

10.35

 College or above

355

89.65

Gravidity

  

 0

274

69.19

 1 ~ 

122

30.81

Maternal BMI before pregnancy (\(kg/{m}^{2}\))

  

  < 18.5

76

19.19

 18.5–23.9

280

70.71

  > 23.9

40

10.10

Previous pregnancy complicationa

  

 Yes

74

18.69

 No

322

81.31

Utilization of pre-conception health care

  

 Yes

159

40.15

 No

237

59.85

Utilization of antenatal care

  

 Yes

341

86.11

 No

55

13.89

Paternal age (years)

  

  < 30

177

44.70

  ≥ 30

219

55.30

Paternal household registration

  

 Local

271

68.43

 Non-local

125

31.57

Paternal education

  

 High school or below

35

8.84

 College or above

361

91.16

Paternal monthly income (× 10 000 ¥b)

  

  ≤ 1

198

50.00

  > 1

198

50.00

Annual household income (× 10 000 ¥b)

  

  < 20

236

59.60

  ≥ 20

160

40.40

Family SES scores and groups

  

 − 0.4478  ~ (G1)

99

25.00

 − 0.1297~ (G2)

141

35.61

 0.3184  ~  (G3)

57

14.39

 0.3184 ~ (G4)

99

25.00

Age of child (years)

  

 0–1

152

38.38

 2–3

149

37.63

 4 ~ 

95

23.99

Folic acid supplementation during periconception period

308

77.78

 Supplementation prior to conception and in the first trimester

120

30.30

 Supplementation only prior to conception

22

5.56

 Supplementation only in the first trimester

166

41.92

  1. aPrevious pregnancy complication includes stillbirth and spontaneous or induced abortion
  2. b ¥, Chinese Yuan