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. 2020 Jul 3;11:100627. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100627

Table 6.

Experience with employee taking parental leave, by geography and gender of leave-taker (N = 1301).

Female employee, weighted %
Male employee, weighted %
SF (N = 46) Non-SF (N = 50) Cluster p-value SF (N = 35) Non-SF (N = 53) Cluster p-value
Which of the following types of leave did they take to care for their new child?2
 Sick leave 41.6% 34.7% 18.5% 22.5%
 Vacation/personal time 57.0% 49.8% 38.9% 49.2%
 Maternity/disability leave 84.9% 70.7% +
 Maternity/paternity/bonding leave (including PFL) 72.8% 53.8% + 68.1% 71.1%
During the leave, did the employee receive any pay from the company?
 Yes, full pay from the company for the entire leave 10.5% 7.9% 38.4% 25.7%
 Yes, partial pay from the company 68.0% 40.0% * 41.3% 25.6%
 No pay from the company 19.3% 40.7% 14.1% 44.2%
 Unsure 2.1% 11.4% + 6.2% 4.5%
Was the paid leave coordinated with the state's PFL program?
 No 10.5% 14.7% 34.8% 23.7%
 Yes 89.5% 85.3% 65.2% 76.3%
Total duration of leave taken (weeks)
 <6 0.0% 7.0% 46.0% 43.9%
 6 0.0% 3.2% 15.6% 24.1%
 7-11 4.5% 7.1% 6.7% 5.4%
 12-15 22.0% 25.3% 12.9% 11.9%
 16-23 23.9% 30.6% 0.0% 1.1%
 24+ 36.2% 13.3% + 0.0% 0.0%
 Unable to estimate 13.4% 13.6% 18.9% 13.5%
Percent of weeks taken that were fully paid
 0 6.5% 15.4% 0.0% 28.0%
 1–25% 17.3% 21.0% 5.7% 4.2%
 >25% & <100% 30.8% 6.7% * 11.3% 12.1%
 100% 20.4% 25.9% 72.8% 47.1% +
 Unable to estimate 25.0% 31.1% 10.2% 8.5%
How was the work covered while employee was on leave?3
 Temporarily assign the work to other employees 74.3% 67.3% 66.5% 85.7% +
 Hire an outside temporary replacement 13.6% 22.1% * 2.9% 9.4%
 Hire a permanent replacement 0.0% 9.3% 0.0% 0.0%
 Put the work on hold until they returned from leave 4.9% 7.0% 9.6% 11.5%
 Have the employee perform some work while on leave 0.0% 8.8% 5.7% 4.1%
How difficult was it for your company to arrange this coverage?
 Not difficult at all 14.3% 14.8% 9.6% 22.3% +
 A little difficult 24.0% 23.3% 27.6% 21.5%
 Somewhat difficult 31.6% 29.6% 32.3% 31.5%
 Difficult 11.1% 9.2% 1.9% 9.4%
 Very difficult 0.0% 3.1% 3.8% 4.0%
 Missing 19.1% 20.0% 24.8% 11.3% +
How difficult was it for your company to cover the costs associated with paid leave?
 Not difficult at all 56.2% 43.1% 39.1% 50.9%
 A little difficult 14.7% 30.9% 15.6% 15.5%
 Somewhat difficult 19.4% 7.5% 20.6% 9.9%
 Difficult 5.5% 9.2% 0.0% 6.5%
 Very difficult 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.9%
 Missing 4.2% 9.2% 24.8% 14.3% +

+p<0.1; *p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.

Source: Bay Area Parental Leave Survey of 2018 Employers.

Note. SF=San Francisco; PFL=Paid Family Leave. 154 firms reported both male and female employees' leave-taking. 2Respondents reported all forms of leave taken. 3Respondents reported all ways the work was covered while employee was on leave. P-values from weighted logit models using wild cluster bootstrapping to account for county-level clustering.