2018 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

WORK LEAVE AFTER PREGNANCY

At any time during your most recent pregnancy, did you work at a job for pay?1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 903 292 31.1 27.7-34.8 611 68.9 65.2-72.3
Age
< 25 years 208 90 39.9 32.4-48.0 118 60.1 52.0-67.6
25-34 years 513 159 29.8 25.4-34.5 354 70.2 65.5-74.6
35+ years 182 43 22.9 16.6-30.7 139 77.1 69.3-83.4
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 494 125 25.4 21.3-30.0 369 74.6 70.0-78.7
Non-Hispanic Black 158 43 24.2 16.6-33.8 115 75.8 66.2-83.4
Non-Hispanic Other 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 163 90 56.7 48.1-64.9 73 43.3 35.1-51.9
Education
< High School 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 199 78 37.6 29.9-46.0 121 62.4 54.0-70.1
> High School 592 143 23.4 19.7-27.6 449 76.6 72.4-80.3
Marital Status
Married 581 177 30.7 26.7-35.0 404 69.3 65.0-73.3
Other 322 115 31.8 25.9-38.4 207 68.2 61.6-74.1
Medicaid recipient
No 504 138 28.0 23.8-32.6 366 72.0 67.4-76.2
Yes 399 154 34.8 29.4-40.7 245 65.2 59.3-70.6
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 288 103 37.6 32.0-43.5 185 62.4 56.5-68.0
2500+ grams 615 189 30.5 26.9-34.5 426 69.5 65.5-73.1

1Asked of all mothers.
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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