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 HAVE PAID LEAVE1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 393 273 71.1 65.4-76.2 120 28.9 23.8-34.6
Age
< 25 years 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 254 174 69.8 62.7-76.1 80 30.2 23.9-37.3
35+ years 93 70 75.0 63.5-83.8 23 25.0 16.2-36.5
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 231 165 72.5 65.3-78.7 66 27.5 21.3-34.7
Non-Hispanic Black 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Education
< High School 23 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 317 227 72.9 66.7-78.4 90 27.1 21.6-33.3
Marital Status
Married 269 200 73.3 66.4-79.2 69 26.7 20.8-33.6
Other 124 73 66.7 56.2-75.7 51 33.3 24.3-43.8
Medicaid recipient
No 257 193 75.3 68.7-81.0 64 24.7 19.0-31.3
Yes 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 130 82 60.5 51.3-69.0 48 39.5 31.0-48.7
2500+ grams 263 191 72.0 65.9-77.4 72 28.0 22.6-34.1

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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