| Epidemiological Study of Factors Associated with Quitting a Job among Working Women upon Becoming Aware of Pregnancy. | |
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PMID: 22277289 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Objective: More women in Japan continue to quit a job when they find out they are pregnant than in other industrialized countries. The purpose of this study was to clarify factors affecting the quitting rate among female workers who become aware they are pregnant. Methods: All pregnant women visiting or admitted to seven obstetrics medical institutions in Nara Prefecture between November and December 2004 for examination or delivery were surveyed. Of these women, 603 who were working when they discovered their pregnancy were subjects of the analysis. Quitting a job was treated as an event occurrence, and those working at the time of the survey were considered censored cases. The Kaplan-Meier method was used to determine the trend of the quitting rate associated with gestational weeks. The Cox proportional hazard model was used to examine the relationship between quitting a job and workplace factors such as number of staff at the workplace, types of employment, and availability of a legal maternity protection system, and individual factors such as age and thoughts (both subject's and husband's) on continuing work. Results: The quitting rate up to delivery was 63.1%, but this increased to 69.8% when limited to pregnancy with a first child. Significantly independent factors behind continuation of work after discovering pregnancy were the following: receiving time off for medical examinations (HR=0.59, 95% CI (0.41-0.83)), availability of a child care leave system (0.37 (0.22-0.63)), arranged support system after returning from maternity and child care leave (0.60 (0.42-0.87)), workplace ambience is supportive of working after marriage and childbirth (0.59 (0.43-0.81)), and the subject (0.63 (0.43-0.93)) or husband (0.50 (0.30-0.86)) considers it good to continue working during pregnancy. In contrast, a non-regular employee (1.93 (1.46-2.56)) and being young (1.74 (1.10-2.75)) were factors behind quitting a job. Conclusions: Key conditions that encourage work continuation after becoming aware of pregnancy include creative adjustments at the workplace, motivating women and their husbands to consider work intentions, and having an established legal maternity protection system in the workplace. Moreover, comprehensive implementation of a child care leave system that is not available to all non-regular employees is also desirable. |
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Kenryo Ohara; Keigo Saeki; Yoshizumi Konoike; Nozomi Okamoto; Kimiko Tomioka; Hisayuki Nishioka; Norio Kurumatani |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-1-25 |
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Title: Sangyo eiseigaku zasshi = Journal of occupational health Volume: - ISSN: 1349-533X ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jan |
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Created Date: 2012-1-26 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9507473 Medline TA: Sangyo Eiseigaku Zasshi Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Nara Medical University School of Medicine. |
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