Table 4:

Predicted Probability of Paid Sick Leave by Rural/Urban Location and Educational Attainment

	Rural		Urban		Difference
	Predicted probability	95% Confidence interval	Predicted probability	95% Confidence interval	Urban – Rural
Full sample	69.8%	(0.66, 0.73)	76.4%	(0.74, 0.78)	6.6%
Educational attainment
<High School	44.5%	(0.38, 0.51)	53.0%	(0.47, 0.59)	8.5%
High School	61.8%	(0.58, 0.66)	69.5%	(0.67, 0.72)	7.6%
Some College	70.3%	(0.67, 0.74)	76.8%	(0.74, 0.79)	6.6%
College+	81.8%	(0.79, 0.85)	86.3%	(0.85, 0.88)	4.5%

Data are from the 2020 National Health Interview Survey and include all full-time employed adults ages 18–64 (n=12,086). Differences between rural and urban employed adults in access to paid sick leave significant at ***p<0.001 for full sample and across educational attainment categories. All other co-variates held at their means.