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 HAD NOT BUILT UP ENOUGH LEAVE TIME TO TAKE ANY OR MORE TIME OFF1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 395 310 80.4 75.3-84.6 85 19.6 15.4-24.7
Age
< 25 years 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 256 200 79.6 73.2-84.9 56 20.4 15.1-26.8
35+ years 93 77 83.9 74.0-90.5 16 16.1 9.5-26.0
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 230 188 81.3 74.6-86.6 42 18.7 13.4-25.4
Non-Hispanic Black 83 66 82.6 70.4-90.5 17 17.4 9.5-29.6
Non-Hispanic Other 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 318 247 79.6 73.9-84.3 71 20.4 15.7-26.1
Marital Status
Married 269 222 83.4 77.5-88.0 47 16.6 12.0-22.5
Other 126 88 74.3 64.2-82.4 38 25.7 17.6-35.8
Medicaid recipient
No 258 209 81.6 75.4-86.5 49 18.4 13.5-24.6
Yes 137 101 78.0 68.4-85.3 36 22.0 14.7-31.6
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 131 98 74.8 66.2-81.8 33 25.2 18.2-33.8
2500+ grams 264 212 80.8 75.3-85.4 52 19.2 14.6-24.7

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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