Chapter 1. Prenatal Survey

Table 1.15. Percent of pregnant women usually working for each number of hours per week at their current job by selected demographics1

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  N 1-9 hours
week		 10-19 hours
week		 20-29 hours
week		 30-34 hours
week		 35-40 hours
week		 >40 hours
week		 Do not work
for pay		 Total (%)
ALL 4,706 3.5 4.8 7.3 5.2 19.8 8.5 50.8 100
Age
18-24 1,318 2.4 4.4 7.1 6.2 16.1 5.5 58.3 100
25-29 1,517 2.9 4.7 6.5 4.7 21.3 8.5 51.4 100
30-34 1,178 4.9 5.3 8.0 4.5 21.4 10.2 45.8 100
35+ 683 4.7 4.8 8.5 5.4 21.4 11.4 43.8 100
Parity
Primiparous 1,455 1.6 4.6 7.9 6.7 29.1 12.9 37.1 100
Multiparous 3,080 4.5 4.9 7.1 4.3 15.6 6.6 56.9 100
Education
HS or less 1,009 2.4 3.7 5.9 5.6 12.3 4.6 65.6 100
Some college 1,692 3.0 4.3 8.2 4.8 20.2 7.0 52.5 100
College graduate 1,413 5.4 5.9 7.9 4.3 24.8 13.9 37.8 100
Income (% of poverty)
< 185% 2,109 3.3 4.2 6.6 4.5 12.9 4.9 63.6 100
185- < 350% 1,621 4.6 5.9 8.0 6.0 21.5 7.9 46.0 100
>=350% 976 2.3 4.2 7.7 5.1 32.0 17.4 31.4 100
WIC Participant
No 3,134 3.8 5.2 7.9 5.0 24.1 10.6 43.4 100
Yes 1,563 3.0 4.0 6.0 5.5 11.4 4.4 65.7 100
Race
White 3,714 3.8 5.2 7.6 5.1 19.5 8.6 50.1 100
Black 283 1.8 3.9 6.0 3.9 27.6 7.1 49.8 100
Hispanic 321 2.2 2.2 6.9 6.5 19.9 6.2 56.1 100
Region
Northeast 781 3.6 6.7 8.7 6.3 20.6 7.8 46.4 100
Midwest 1,359 4.9 4.4 8.4 6.0 20.8 9.5 46.0 100
South 1,647 1.9 4.1 5.6 4.4 21.2 8.1 54.8 100
West 919 4.5 5.0 7.5 4.4 15.3 8.5 54.8 100

1Table is based on variables: P16, P19, P20