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 TOO MUCH WORK TO DO TO TAKE LEAVE OR STAY OUT LONGER1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 396 344 89.2 85.2-92.3 52 10.8 7.7-14.8
Age
< 25 years 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
25-34 years 256 223 88.8 83.4-92.6 33 11.2 7.4-16.6
35+ years 94 80 85.6 75.5-92.0 14 14.4 8.0-24.5
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 231 195 86.8 81.0-91.0 36 13.2 9.0-19.0
Non-Hispanic Black 83 76 91.6 80.9-96.5 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 51 43 90.7 79.8-96.0 *** *** ***
Education
< High School 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
> High School 318 277 89.2 84.7-92.5 41 10.8 7.5-15.3
Marital Status
Married 271 237 88.1 82.9-91.9 34 11.9 8.1-17.1
Other 125 107 91.4 84.1-95.6 18 8.6 4.4-15.9
Medicaid recipient
No 258 223 87.4 81.9-91.3 35 12.6 8.7-18.1
Yes 138 121 92.9 86.7-96.3 17 7.1 3.7-13.3
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 131 109 84.8 77.5-90.0 22 15.2 10.0-22.5
2500+ grams 265 235 89.6 85.2-92.8 30 10.4 7.2-14.8

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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