2020 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 COULD NOT FINANCIALLY AFFORD TO TAKE LEAVE1

Demographic
Groups
Total
Respond2
NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 397 290 74.5 69.0-79.4 107 25.5 20.6-31.0
Age
< 25 years 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 257 190 74.4 67.4-80.4 67 25.6 19.6-32.6
35+ years 94 70 76.4 65.7-84.5 24 23.6 15.5-34.3
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 231 188 81.2 74.4-86.5 43 18.8 13.5-25.6
Non-Hispanic Black 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 319 242 76.5 70.3-81.7 77 23.5 18.3-29.7
Marital Status
Married 271 221 81.3 75.0-86.2 50 18.7 13.8-25.0
Other 126 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Medicaid recipient
No 260 208 78.7 72.1-84.1 52 21.3 15.9-27.9
Yes 137 82 66.2 55.8-75.2 55 33.8 24.8-44.2
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 131 87 63.0 53.7-71.3 44 37.0 28.7-46.3
2500+ grams 266 203 75.5 69.5-80.7 63 24.5 19.3-30.5

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 2020 was 45%.

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