Odds of Using Specified Leave Arrangement by Women Who Worked During their First Pregnancy: 1991-1995 Source: U.S. Census Bureau Internet Release date: December 5, 2001 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Paid | Unpaid | Disablity | Let go | Quit job | leave/1 | leave/2 | leave | from job |------------|----------|----------|-------------------------- | Odds | Odds | Odds | Odds | Odds | ratio | ratio | ratio | ratio | ratio ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Employment status at last job Full time 0.33* 3.00* 1.22 1.85* 3.89* Part time 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 Stopped working before birth Less than 1 month 0.14* 6.50* 2.51* 1.94 0.07* 1 month 0.24* 5.09* 2.71* 2.87* 0.30* 2 months 0.60* 2.94* 1.58* 3.97* 0.42* 3 to 5 months 0.96* 1.13 1.26 3.03* 0.74 6 or more months 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 Age at first birth Less than 18 years 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 18 and 19 years 0.96 1.56 1.54 1.21 1.22 20 and 21 years 1.30 1.51 1.37 0.77 0.98 22 to 24 years 0.89 2.53* 1.25 0.07 0.94 25 to 29 years 0.61 3.67* 1.46 1.78 0.67 30 years and over 0.47* 4.03* 1.54 1.71 0.87 Race and ethnicity White, non-Hispanic 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 Black, non-Hispanic 0.71* 1.04 1.02 1.14 1.21 Other, non-Hispanic 1.06 1.39 0.85 1.25 0.32 Hispanic (of any race) 1.27 0.79 0.89 1.59* 0.76 Timing of first birth/3 Before first marriage 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 Within first marriage 1.12 1.54* 0.82 1.01 0.54* After first marriage 0.96 2.03* 0.71 1.17 0.63 Educational attainment Less than high school 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 High school graduate 0.75 1.14 0.67* 1.14 1.26 Some college, no degree 0.66* 1.62* 0.68* 1.05 1.22 Bachelor's degree or more 0.78 2.48* 0.44* 1.27 0.76 Unweighted N 1910 1910 1910 1910 1910 chi-square 430.02 513.95 70.39 48.37 104.70 degrees of freedom 18 18 18 18 18 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Significant at the 90-percent confidence level. /1 Paid leave includes all paid maternity, sick, vacation, and other paid leave. /2 Unpaid leave includes all unpaid maternity, sick, vacation, and other unpaid leave. /3 Refers to marital status at time of first birth. Before first marriage includes never married women. After first marriage includes first births outside or within second or subsequent marriages. Note: Leave arrangements may have been used before or up to 12 weeks after the birth. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), 1996 Panel, Wave 2.