Parenting Journal · Volume 1 · Issue 5 · Licensed source edition
Sociodemographic and occupational factors influencing pregnant workers’ awareness and utilization of the New York City Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Originally published 2025-08-01 · BMC Public Health
BMC · DOI 10.1186/s12889-025-23404-w ↗
Working-family evidence
Work, care and the whole person.
Investigates who knew about pregnancy accommodations and who received them, making language, job tenure and benefit clarity part of equitable access.
Directly examines work and family life, parenting, caregiving or employment policies for families.
Editorial reading guide · Respect
Would a newer or immigrant employee know how to ask for a pregnancy accommodation?
Investigates who knew about pregnancy accommodations and who received them, making language, job tenure and benefit clarity part of equitable access.
Study context
481 pregnant workers attending a New York City prenatal clinic in 2017.
Age / stage: Pregnant adults.
Read with three questions
- How did awareness of the city law differ from knowledge of particular accommodations?
- Which education, birthplace and job-tenure differences appeared?
- How might uncertainty about maternity-leave policy connect with accommodation access?
Keep the limits in view
A single-clinic observational sample and self-reported accommodations cannot establish policy effectiveness; the data concern 2017 and should not be read as a current legal checklist.
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Justine Marcinek; Venu Gopal Bangla; Michael Belingheri; Lynn C. Onyebeke; Demetrios M. Papazaharias; Hsiao-Hsien Leon Hsu; Marti D. Soffer; Roberto G. Lucchini; Omara Afzal; Yueh-Hsiu Mathilda Chiu (2025). Sociodemographic and occupational factors influencing pregnant workers’ awareness and utilization of the New York City Pregnant Workers Fairness Act BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23404-w
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