2018 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

WORK LEAVE AFTER PREGNANCY

Did any of the things listed below affect your decision about taking leave from work after your new baby was born? I WAS AFRAID I'D LOSE MY JOB IF I TOOK LEAVE OR STAYED OUT LONGER1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 492 400 80.3 75.8-84.2 92 19.7 15.8-24.2
Age
< 25 years 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 293 246 82.3 76.4-87.0 47 17.7 13.0-23.6
35+ years 117 93 82.7 74.0-88.9 24 17.3 11.1-26.0
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 308 257 81.6 76.0-86.1 51 18.4 13.9-24.0
Non-Hispanic Black 90 75 84.7 72.5-92.1 15 15.3 7.9-27.5
Non-Hispanic Other 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 377 318 83.1 78.2-87.1 59 16.9 12.9-21.8
Marital Status
Married 332 281 83.0 77.9-87.1 51 17.0 12.9-22.1
Other 160 119 75.6 66.5-82.9 41 24.4 17.1-33.5
Medicaid recipient
No 313 265 81.0 75.3-85.7 48 19.0 14.3-24.7
Yes 179 135 79.3 71.4-85.5 44 20.7 14.5-28.6
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 149 122 79.2 71.5-85.3 27 20.8 14.7-28.5
2500+ grams 343 278 80.4 75.5-84.5 65 19.6 15.5-24.5

1Asked only of mothers who reported not taking any leave.
Work leave questions were new in Phase 8 (Survey questions 72-77). For more information please visit PRAMS–Annual Questionnaires.
2Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50.

*** This estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

The percentages shown are weighted percentages, designed to reflect the entire population of North Carolina women having a live birth.
The overall weighted response rate in 2018 was 53%.

This page was generated on 10OCT19

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