Table 1.
Descriptive statistics Source Elaboration of the author based on SHP 2004–2021
| (a) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trust models (waves 2004–2021) | Optimism models (waves 2006, 2012) | |||||||
| Childless | Parents | Childless | Parents | |||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Child wanted in the next 24 months | ||||||||
| No | 9288 | 69.98 | 2336 | 51.98 | 826 | 71.89 | 229 | 59.02 |
| Yes | 3343 | 25.19 | 1938 | 43.12 | 290 | 25.24 | 143 | 36.86 |
| Does not know (D/K) | 641 | 4.83 | 220 | 4.90 | 33 | 2.87 | 16 | 4.12 |
| Total | 13,272 | 100.00 | 4494 | 100.00 | 1149 | 100.00 | 388 | 100.00 |
| Employment status + Job insecurity | ||||||||
| Employed, Very or quite secure | 10,436 | 78.63 | 3598 | 80.06 | 886 | 77.11 | 302 | 77.84 |
| Employed, A bit or very insecure | 1229 | 9.26 | 438 | 9.75 | 103 | 8.96 | 38 | 9.79 |
| Unemployed | 363 | 2.74 | 88 | 1.96 | 36 | 3.13 | 8 | 2.06 |
| Out of Labor Force | 286 | 2.15 | 351 | 7.81 | 25 | 2.18 | 38 | 9.79 |
| Students | 958 | 7.22 | 19 | 0.42 | 99 | 8.62 | 2 | 0.52 |
| Total | 13,272 | 100.00 | 4494 | 100.00 | 1149 | 100.00 | 388 | 100.00 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 15–19 | 750 | 5.65 | 8 | 0.18 | 91 | 7.92 | 1 | 0.26 |
| 20–24 | 3670 | 27.65 | 81 | 1.80 | 338 | 29.42 | 11 | 2.84 |
| 25–29 | 4178 | 31.48 | 393 | 8.74 | 333 | 28.98 | 20 | 5.15 |
| 30–34 | 2714 | 20.45 | 1241 | 27.61 | 202 | 17.58 | 98 | 25.26 |
| 35–39 | 1243 | 9.37 | 1394 | 31.02 | 105 | 9.14 | 117 | 30.15 |
| 40–44 | 717 | 5.40 | 1377 | 30.64 | 80 | 6.96 | 141 | 36.34 |
| Total | 13,272 | 100.00 | 4494 | 100.00 | 1149 | 100.00 | 388 | 100.00 |
| Educational level | ||||||||
| Primary or Low Sec | 1300 | 9.80 | 222 | 4.94 | 148 | 12.88 | 18 | 4.64 |
| Upper Secondary | 6271 | 47.25 | 2038 | 45.35 | 564 | 49.09 | 188 | 48.45 |
| Tertiary | 5701 | 42.96 | 2234 | 49.71 | 437 | 38.03 | 182 | 46.91 |
| Total | 13,272 | 100.00 | 4494 | 100.00 | 1149 | 100.00 | 388 | 100.00 |
| Wave | ||||||||
| 2006 | 457 | 39.77 | 163 | 42.01 | ||||
| 2012 | 692 | 60.23 | 225 | 57.99 | ||||
| Total | 1149 | 100.00 | 388 | 100.00 | ||||
| (b) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trust models | ||||||||||
| Childless | Parents | |||||||||
| N | Mean | SD | Min | Max | N | Mean | SD | Min | Max | |
| Local area generalized trust mean | 13,272 | 6.23 | .56 | 0 | 10 | 4494 | 6.20 | .54 | 2 | 8.75 |
| Local area generalized trust variance | 13,255 | 4.71 | 1.62 | 0 | 40.5 | 4491 | 4.71 | 1.56 | 0 | 16.33 |
| Income° | 13,272 | 9.24 | 5.82 | 0 | 191.94 | 4494 | 9.19 | 5.27 | 0 | 180.54 |
| Age of first child | 13,272 | .003 | .21 | 0 | 17 | 4494 | 4.29 | 4.36 | 0 | 17 |
| Wave | 13,272 | 2013.86 | 5.09 | 2004 | 2021 | 4494 | 2013.8 | 5.06 | 2004 | 2021 |
| (c) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimism models | ||||||||||
| Childless | Parents | |||||||||
| N | Mean | SD | Min | Max | N | Mean | SD | Min | Max | |
| Local area optimism about the future mean | 1149 | 2.81 | .24 | 2 | 3.48 | 388 | 2.81 | .26 | 2.28 | 3.48 |
| Local area optimism about the future variance | 1149 | .99 | .15 | 0 | 1.38 | 388 | 1.01 | .15 | .5 | 1.88 |
| Income° | 1149 | 9.08 | 5.15 | 0 | 40.31 | 388 | 9.48 | 4.46 | 0 | 30.45 |
| Age of first child | 1149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 388 | 4.94 | 4.52 | 0 | 17 |
The table reports summary statistics based on the sample that includes all childbearing intentions. Models for the probability of positive intentions are ran conditional on certain answers, therefore, on a restricted sample that excludes the D/K observations