We developed an evidence-based maternity leave educational tool for working women in California using participatory design. We tested its short-term efficacy with a randomized controlled trial of pregnant English-speakers (n=155).

Participants in the intervention group received the educational tool, while control participants did not. This dataset contains data from a postpartum online survey of these participants, including data on prenatal and postpartum leave and reasons for taking/not taking leave. Intervention participants were asked if they read the tool, how they used the tool, and how helpful it was in planning their leave.