2020 North Carolina Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results

WORK LEAVE AFTER PREGNANCY

At any time during your most recent pregnancy, did you work at a job for pay?1

Demographic
Groups		 Total
Respond2		 NO YES
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
Total 771 246 30.4 26.6-34.5 525 69.6 65.5-73.4
Age
< 25 years 152 62 36.5 27.5-46.4 90 63.5 53.6-72.5
25-34 years 454 134 27.8 23.2-33.0 320 72.2 67.0-76.8
35+ years 165 50 31.6 24.0-40.4 115 68.4 59.6-76.0
Race/Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 401 97 25.5 20.6-31.1 304 74.5 68.9-79.4
Non-Hispanic Black 143 35 22.1 15.0-31.4 108 77.9 68.6-85.0
Non-Hispanic Other 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Latina 155 85 50.6 41.1-60.0 70 49.4 40.0-58.9
Education
< High School 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
High School 158 69 38.6 29.5-48.5 89 61.4 51.5-70.5
> High School 520 116 22.3 18.4-26.8 404 77.7 73.2-81.6
Marital Status
Married 476 136 28.7 24.1-33.7 340 71.3 66.3-75.9
Other 295 110 33.1 26.8-40.2 185 66.9 59.8-73.2
Medicaid recipient
No 408 94 22.8 18.4-27.9 314 77.2 72.1-81.6
Yes 363 152 39.0 32.9-45.5 211 61.0 54.5-67.1
Infant's birth weight
Under 2500 grams 269 92 33.4 27.8-39.5 177 66.6 60.5-72.2
2500+ grams 502 154 30.1 26.0-34.5 348 69.9 65.5-74.0

1Asked of all mothers.
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%.

This page was generated on 06SEP22

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