abstract: 'Context: The New York Paid Family Leave (NYPFL) law was passed in April

  2016 and took effect January 1, 2018. Expanding paid family leave (PFL)

  coverage has been proposed as a public health strategy to improve

  population health and reduce disparities. Objective: To describe

  first-year enrollment in NYPFL and to evaluate utilization of NYPFL

  benefits. Design: Observational study. Setting: New York State.

  Participants: Employees enrolled in the NYPFL program (N = 8 528 580).

  Methods: We merged NYPFL enrollment and claim data sets for 2018.

  Descriptive analysis and multiple logistic regression models were used

  to assess utilization by demographic variables and business size. Main

  Outcome Measure(s): Utilization and duration of NYPFL to bond with a

  newborn or care for a family member differed by employees'' age, sex,

  race and ethnicity, residence, income, and business size. Results:

  Approximately 90\% of working New Yorkers (N = 8 528 580) were enrolled

  in NYPFL. First-year utilization of PFL for newborn bonding and family

  care (9.4 and 4.0 per 1000 employees, respectively) was higher than

  comparable state PFL programs in California, New Jersey, or Rhode

  Island. An estimated 38.5\% of employed women in New York utilized PFL

  for newborn bonding. Employees who worked at small businesses (1-49

  employees) had lower utilization of PFL. Employees with lower incomes

  were more likely to claim PFL and employees of color or with lower

  incomes were more likely to take the maximum 8 weeks of PFL.

  Conclusions: These findings suggest that state PFL programs increase

  equity in employment benefits. Wider adoption of state/federal PFL

  programs could help reduce health disparities and improve maternal and

  infant health outcomes.'
affiliation: 'Dennison, BA (Corresponding Author), New York State Dept Hlth, Div Chron
  Dis Prevent, Corning Tower,Room 1043, Albany, NY 12237 USA.

  Dennison, Barbara A., New York State Dept Hlth, Div Chron Dis Prevent, Corning Tower,Room
  1043, Albany, NY 12237 USA.

  Ncube, Butho; Trang Nguyen, New York State Dept Hlth, Off Publ Hlth Practice, Albany,
  NY 12237 USA.

  Dennison, Barbara A.; Ncube, Butho; Trang Nguyen, SUNY Albany, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept
  Epidemiol \& Biostat, Rensselaer, NY USA.

  Dennison, Barbara A., SUNY Albany, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Hlth Policy Management \&
  Behav, Rensselaer, NY USA.'
author: Dennison, Barbara A. and Ncube, Butho and Nguyen, Trang
author-email: barbara.dennison@health.ny.gov
author_list:
- family: Dennison
  given: Barbara A.
- family: Ncube
  given: Butho
- family: Nguyen
  given: Trang
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001540
eissn: 1550-5022
files: []
issn: 1078-4659
journal: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND PRACTICE
keywords: family leave; parental leave; policy
keywords-plus: EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH
language: English
month: SEP-OCT
number: 5, SI
number-of-cited-references: '23'
orcid-numbers: Ncube, Ngqabutho/0000-0003-0089-7383
pages: 525-535
papis_id: 48df5a939c5a32b52bd0d4adcf778ab5
ref: Dennison2022firstyearenrollment
times-cited: '2'
title: 'First-Year Enrollment and Utilization of New York State Paid Family Leave:
  2018'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000829517900014
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '1'
volume: '28'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2022'