Factors associated with occupation changes after pregnancy/delivery: result from Japan Environment & Children’s pilot study

Table 3 The relation between a change in occupation and the type of employment

	Comparison 0-7 weeks of pregnancy and 1 year after childbearing
	All	No change	Change^a	OR^b	95% CI	P-value
Regular employee	91	60	31	1.00
Non-regular employee
Temporarily dispatched employees	12	1	11	25.04	2.90–215.93	0.003
Part-time or short-term contract employees	44	9	35	12.48	4.43–35.15	< 0.001
Those who are self-employed	16	11	5	1.61	0.45–5.80	0.463
Others (contract employees)	1	0	1	–	–	–

^aRetired or changed occupation
^bThe mother’s age and number of children were always included in the models as covariates

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