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? MY JOB DOES NOT OFFER A FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULE1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 391 313 81.8 76.8-85.9 78 18.2 14.1-23.2
Age
< 25 years 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 253 208 83.3 77.1-88.1 45 16.7 11.9-22.9
35+ years 92 74 79.5 68.1-87.6 18 20.5 12.4-31.9
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 229 195 84.1 77.5-89.1 34 15.9 10.9-22.5
Non-Hispanic Black 83 *** *** *** 20 19.2 11.0-31.4
Non-Hispanic Other 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 315 259 84.8 79.8-88.8 56 15.2 11.2-20.2
Marital Status
Married 266 223 84.6 78.6-89.1 43 15.4 10.9-21.4
Other 125 90 76.5 66.5-84.2 35 23.5 15.8-33.5
Medicaid recipient
No 254 215 85.7 79.9-90.0 39 14.3 10.0-20.1
Yes 137 98 74.3 64.1-82.4 39 25.7 17.6-35.9
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 129 96 72.6 63.6-80.0 33 27.4 20.0-36.4
2500+ grams 262 217 82.6 77.1-87.0 45 17.4 13.0-22.9

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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