During the 3 months before you got pregnant, how many alcoholic drinks did you have in an average week? (A drink is: One glass of wine. One wine cooler. One can or bottle of beer. One shot of liquor. One mixed drink.)
Percent
I didn't drink then
47.7%
Less than 1 drink a week
28.0%
1 to 3 drinks a week
14.9%
4 to 6 drinks a week
4.8%
7 to 13 drinks a week
1.8%
14 or more drinks a week
1.3%
I don't know
1.5%
(n = 1,825)
All results are weighted.
These results are for surveys that were mailed to mothers from November 1998 through October 1999.
Child's dates of birth were from 8/1/98 through 8/9/99.
The number of respondents (n) is the number of women who chose the responses above.