Chapter 7. Employment and Day Care

Table 7.2. Percent of mothers who stopped working at different months of pregnancy by selected demographics1, among mothers who worked for pay at anytime from the 3 months before they became pregnant up to the end of their pregnancy

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  N Before
becoming
pregnant
< 3
months
3-5
months
6-7
months
8
months
9
months
Didn't stop
working
before birth
Total(%)
ALL 1,407 1.9 5.8 7.7 8.0 14.2 24.2 38.2 100
Age
18-24 299 3.3 11.0 15.4 8.7 16.4 22.4 22.7 100
25-29 467 1.9 5.1 6.6 9.2 14.6 25.5 37.0 100
30-34 391 1.3 3.8 5.9 5.6 14.1 23.5 45.8 100
35+ 249 1.2 3.6 3.2 8.8 11.2 24.9 47.0 100
Parity
Primiparous 514 1.6 5.6 7.0 8.8 15.4 25.7 36.0 100
Multiparous 858 2.1 5.8 8.2 7.6 13.1 23.5 39.7 100
Education
HS or less 222 5.0 14.4 13.5 6.8 16.7 14.9 28.8 100
Some college 488 1.6 6.4 8.8 8.8 15.6 22.7 36.1 100
College graduate 604 0.8 2.3 3.6 7.0 11.9 27.8 46.5 100
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 473 3.0 10.6 12.3 9.5 14.4 19.7 30.7 100
185- < 350% 512 2.0 4.9 7.0 7.6 15.6 24.2 38.7 100
>=350% 422 0.7 1.4 3.3 6.9 12.3 29.1 46.2 100
WIC Participant
No 916 1.2 3.2 5.1 6.6 13.6 25.2 45.1 100
Yes 491 3.3 10.6 12.4 10.8 15.3 22.2 25.5 100
Race
White 1,179 2.0 5.4 7.3 7.5 13.6 24.3 39.9 100
Black 65 1.5 7.7 9.2 10.8 21.5 30.8 18.5 100
Hispanic 76 1.3 9.2 9.2 11.8 15.8 21.1 31.6 100
Region
Northeast 259 0.8 3.5 6.6 10.4 15.8 29.7 33.2 100
Midwest 459 1.1 4.8 6.5 7.2 14.4 20.5 45.5 100
South 423 3.1 6.4 8.0 6.1 13.9 23.4 39.0 100
West 266 2.6 8.6 10.2 10.2 12.8 26.3 29.3 100

1Table is based on variable: M3H5