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. 2023 Dec 1;39(1):35. doi: 10.1007/s10680-023-09684-1

Table 10.

Fixed effects models of Probability of being uncertain about wanting a child during the next 24 months (D/K answer) by local Optimism about the future Parents Source Elaboration of the author based on SHP 2004–2021

Second child
Mean Variance
Model Model Model Model Model Model
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Community optimism about the future (mean−centered) −0.056 0.117 0.249
(−0.360–0.247) (−0.332–0.566) (−0.259–0.757)
Community variance in optimism about the future (mean−centered) −0.180 −0.163 −0.130
(−0.578–0.217) (−0.611–0.284) (−0.559–0.299)
Employment uncertainty
(ref: Employed, very or quite secure)
Employed, a bit or very insecure job 0.134 0.093
(−0.130–0.399) (−0.149–0.335)
Unemployed
Out of the LF 0.193 0.183
(−0.126–0.512) (−0.130–0.496)
Student −0.027 0.037
(−0.301–0.246) (−0.271–0.345)
Disposable income ( Thousands mean−centered) −0.020 −0.020
(−0.044–0.004) (−0.045–0.005)
Education (ref: upper secondary)
Primary or low secondary
Tertiary 0.274** 0.251* 0.275** 0.218*
(0.053–0.495) (0.018–0.484) (0.065–0.484) (0.009–0.426)
Age (ref: 30–34)
15–19
20–24
25–29 0.001 1.358** −0.052 −0.048 1.634** −0.093
(−0.013–0.015) (0.253–2.462) (−0.248–0.144) (−0.153–0.058) (0.391–2.878) (−0.326–0.141)
35–39 0.062* 0.261** 0.267** 0.086 0.254** 0.244**
(0.001–0.122) (0.066–0.455) (0.055–0.478) (−0.004–0.177) (0.069–0.439) (0.057–0.431)
40–44 −0.123* 0.258** 0.297* −0.077 0.254** 0.285*
(−0.227–−0.019) (0.067–0.449) (0.027–0.566) (−0.201–0.048) (0.066–0.442) (0.028–0.542)
Wave 2012 (ref: 2006) 0.196 −0.240* 0.318* −0.201*
(−0.048–0.440) (−0.443–−0.037) (0.021–0.616) (−0.377–−0.026)
Age of first child (mean−centered) −0.076** −0.091**
(−0.137–−0.015) (−0.159–−0.022)
Community FE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Constant 0.095*** −0.122 −0.140 0.063 −0.148 −0.128
(0.040–0.149) (−0.251–0.007) (−0.309–0.028) (−0.010–0.136) (−0.320–0.024) (−0.303–0.048)
Observations 388 388 388 388 388 388
R−squared 0.190 0.252 0.362 0.197 0.256 0.357
No. of idpers 349 349 349 349 349 349