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Table 5 The reasons for mothers to take pre-conceptional folic acid (n = 218)

From: Correlates of knowledge on birth defects and associated factors among antenatal mothers in Galle, Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional analytical study

Reasons

n

%

To prevent the defects associated with the nervous system of the fetus/ baby

11

5.0

For the development of the nervous system of the fetus/ baby

78

35.8

Taken but do not know the reason

31

14.2

Non-specific/ incorrect or invalid reason

98

45.0