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 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 398 326 84.0 79.4-87.7 72 16.0 12.3-20.6
Age
< 25 years 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 256 215 86.7 81.1-90.8 41 13.3 9.2-18.9
35+ years 95 73 74.6 63.1-83.4 22 25.4 16.6-36.9
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 233 198 87.8 82.5-91.7 35 12.2 8.3-17.5
Non-Hispanic Black 84 75 90.8 79.6-96.1 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 321 266 85.0 80.1-88.8 55 15.0 11.2-19.9
Marital Status
Married 272 237 88.4 83.4-92.0 35 11.6 8.0-16.6
Other 126 89 75.4 65.7-83.1 37 24.6 16.9-34.3
Medicaid recipient
No 260 223 87.0 81.8-90.9 37 13.0 9.1-18.2
Yes 138 103 78.1 68.6-85.4 35 21.9 14.6-31.4
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 132 106 80.7 72.8-86.8 26 19.3 13.2-27.2
2500+ grams 266 220 84.3 79.3-88.3 46 15.7 11.7-20.7

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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