2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

WORK LEAVE AFTER PREGNANCY

Did your baby's father take leave from work after your new baby was born?1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO, HE DID NOT TAKE LEAVE YES, PAID LEAVE YES, UNPAID LEAVE YES, PAID AND UNPAID LEAVE BABYS FATHER WAS UNEMPLOYED
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 741 245 30.8 26.9-34.9 261 36.5 32.4-40.8 148 20.5 17.1-24.3 33 4.3 2.9- 6.5 54 8.0 5.8-10.8
Age
< 25 years 146 57 38.3 28.9-48.5 28 18.7 12.1-27.6 39 25.0 17.3-34.7 *** *** *** 14 10.5 5.7-18.8
25-34 years 438 138 28.5 23.8-33.7 171 41.0 35.6-46.6 80 19.4 15.3-24.4 20 3.7 2.2- 6.2 29 7.3 4.7-11.2
35+ years 157 50 29.8 22.3-38.6 62 42.1 33.4-51.4 29 18.5 12.3-26.9 *** *** *** 11 7.0 3.7-12.8
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 391 92 23.2 18.6-28.5 183 47.7 41.9-53.6 67 17.1 13.0-22.1 23 5.1 3.0- 8.3 26 6.9 4.4-10.8
Non-Hispanic Black 133 54 36.6 27.4-46.9 28 20.8 13.6-30.4 32 28.2 19.8-38.6 *** *** *** 16 12.2 6.8-21.1
Non-Hispanic Other 37 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 149 83 54.2 44.3-63.7 27 21.0 13.9-30.5 32 19.9 13.3-28.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 88 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 147 65 41.8 32.3-52.1 27 18.3 11.8-27.3 41 28.4 20.0-38.6 *** *** *** 11 9.0 4.4-17.5
> High School 506 128 23.4 19.4-27.9 228 46.9 41.8-52.1 88 18.0 14.4-22.4 28 5.1 3.3- 7.8 34 6.5 4.4- 9.6
Marital Status
Married 464 106 21.3 17.3-25.9 227 51.4 46.0-56.7 83 17.3 13.6-21.8 23 4.9 3.0- 7.9 25 5.1 3.2- 8.0
Other 277 139 46.3 39.1-53.7 34 12.1 8.1-17.7 65 25.6 19.7-32.6 *** *** *** 29 12.6 8.3-18.8
Medicaid recipient
No 399 91 22.3 18.0-27.3 207 54.1 48.4-59.7 60 13.0 9.7-17.3 21 4.9 2.9- 8.0 20 5.7 3.5- 9.2
Yes 342 154 41.0 34.6-47.7 54 15.3 11.1-20.7 88 29.4 23.6-35.9 12 3.7 1.8- 7.3 34 10.7 7.1-15.8
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 256 95 38.8 32.7-45.3 78 29.1 23.7-35.2 52 19.9 15.3-25.5 12 3.8 2.1- 6.7 19 8.4 5.3-13.0
2500+ grams 485 150 30.1 25.9-34.6 183 37.1 32.7-41.8 96 20.5 16.9-24.7 21 4.4 2.8- 6.7 35 7.9 5.6-11.0

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 2020 was 45%.

This page was generated on 06SEP22

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