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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Scottish Maternal and Infant Nutrition Survey, 2017

Variable Details

VariableQ12
LabelQ12. Did you take folic acid before you became pregnant?
Responses
-4 Not specified 10
1 Yes, I began taking folic acid more than 3 months before I b 759
2 Yes, I began taking folic acid between 1 and 3 months before 478
3 Yes, I began taking folic acid less than 1 month before I be 137
4 Yes, but I can’t remember when I began taking folic acid 63
5 No, but I began taking folic acid as soon as I knew I was pr 876
6 No, I did not take folic acid before I became pregnant or in 195
7 I’m not sure what folic acid is 5
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationScottish Maternal and Infant Nutrition Survey, 2017
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