Chapter 1. Prenatal Survey

Table 1.42. Percent of pregnant women who linked each kind of food to Listeria by selected demographics1, 2, among those who have heard of this problem

Infant Feeding Practices Study II
  N Some types
of fish		 All types
of fish		 Some types
of shell fish		 Some types of
meat or chicken		 All types of
meat or chicken		 Some types of
cheeses		 Some types of
luncheon meats		 All types of
luncheon meats		 Don't know
ALL 1,566 5.3 1.6 3.2 27.5 7.9 46.2 46.0 26.4 16.8
Age
18-24 217 6.9 2.3 6.5 30.9 9.2 40.6 39.6 18.0 26.7
25-29 553 4.9 1.4 3.4 27.5 9.8 45.0 47.2 28.9 16.1
30-34 472 4.9 1.9 2.3 27.3 6.4 48.3 48.3 29.2 15.0
35+ 321 5.6 0.9 1.9 25.5 5.9 49.2 44.9 23.7 14.0
Parity
Primiparous 505 5.3 1.4 2.8 27.7 9.7 49.9 44.8 31.7 14.7
Multiparous 1,028 5.2 1.6 3.2 27.7 7.0 44.1 46.5 23.9 17.9
Education
HS or less 181 8.3 3.9 5.0 28.2 6.1 37.0 41.4 21.5 21.5
Some college 524 7.3 1.3 3.1 30.2 9.7 42.6 43.7 24.0 19.3
College graduate 740 2.7 1.2 2.2 26.4 6.8 53.4 51.4 30.0 11.2
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 499 7.2 1.8 3.8 30.1 9.2 39.7 41.3 23.2 20.8
185- < 350% 572 4.0 0.7 3.1 25.9 8.2 45.3 47.9 24.3 17.5
>=350% 495 4.8 2.4 2.6 26.9 6.3 53.7 48.5 32.1 11.9
WIC Participant
No 1,255 4.5 1.4 2.9 27.8 7.7 47.9 47.6 27.0 15.6
Yes 310 8.4 2.6 4.2 26.5 8.7 39.0 39.7 24.2 21.6
Race
White 1,303 5.0 1.3 2.6 27.6 7.4 46.4 47.4 26.6 16.8
Black 65 1.5 6.2 4.6 24.6 6.2 38.5 30.8 21.5 20.0
Hispanic 82 8.5 2.4 9.8 26.8 12.2 47.6 32.9 26.8 17.1
Region
Northeast 303 6.3 2.3 3.0 27.7 8.6 49.2 49.5 32.3 11.6
Midwest 474 4.4 0.8 2.5 30.0 9.1 44.9 46.8 25.3 18.4
South 507 5.9 2.6 3.6 23.9 6.5 42.8 42.4 21.9 17.6
West 282 4.6 0.4 3.9 29.8 7.8 51.1 47.2 30.1 18.4

1Table is based on variables: P46A1-9

2Row percentages do not add up to 100% because women could choose all that apply