The relationship of socio-economic factors to the use of vitamin supplements in the city of windsor

1,756 completed responses were received to 3,000 health questionnaires that were randomly distributed on a proportional basis to households in the 45 census tracts in the City of Windsor. Answers to questions concerning vitamin use in Windsor households indicate that 59.3% of households used some type of vitamin supplement, and the order of preference was multi-vitamins (34.5% of respondents), single vitamins (14.3% of respondents) and multi-vitamins-minerals (10.5% of respondents). The use of vitamins, and the type of vitamins used, were influenced by age, income, occupation and family size. The effects of age and family size on vitamin use were income dependent.