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

Table 6.

Fixed effects models of Probability of being uncertain about wanting a child during the next 24 months (D/K answer) by canton−level Generalized Trust 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 generalized trust (mean−centered) −0.009 −0.003 −0.004
(−0.052–0.034) (−0.046–0.039) (−0.046–0.039)
Community variance in generalized trust (mean−centered) 0.001 0.002 0.002
(−0.011–0.014) (−0.012–0.015) (−0.011–0.016)
Employment uncertainty (ref: employed, very or quite secure)
Employed, a bit or very insecure job 0.000 0.000
(−0.022–0.022) (−0.022–0.023)
Unemployed −0.022 −0.022
(−0.065–0.021) (−0.065–0.021)
Out of the LF 0.038 0.038
(−0.006–0.083) (−0.006–0.083)
Student 0.092* 0.091*
(0.003–0.181) (0.003–0.180)
Disposable income (mean−centered) −0.003 −0.003
(−0.006–0.000) (−0.006–0.000)
Education (ref: upper secondary)
Primary or low secondary −0.068 −0.073 −0.068 −0.072
(−0.225–0.088) (−0.226–0.081) (−0.224–0.088) (−0.226–0.081)
Tertiary 0.017 0.018 0.017 0.018
(−0.066–0.100) (−0.064–0.101) (−0.066–0.100) (−0.064–0.101)
Age (ref: 30–34)
15–19 0.023 0.039 0.026 0.024 0.039 0.026
(−0.081–0.127) (−0.059–0.138) (−0.085–0.138) (−0.082–0.129) (−0.060–0.138) (−0.087–0.138)
20–24 0.071 0.069 0.064 0.072 0.069 0.064
(−0.013–0.155) (−0.012–0.149) (−0.018–0.147) (−0.012–0.157) (−0.012–0.150) (−0.019–0.147)
25–29 0.055** 0.044* 0.043* 0.055** 0.044* 0.043*
(0.015–0.094) (0.005–0.083) (0.004–0.082) (0.015–0.094) (0.004–0.083) (0.003–0.082)
35–39 −0.007 0.015 0.015 −0.007 0.015 0.015
(−0.027–0.014) (−0.008–0.039) (−0.008–0.039) (−0.027–0.014) (−0.008–0.039) (−0.008–0.039)
40–44 −0.059*** −0.013 −0.013 −0.060*** −0.013 −0.013
(−0.084–−0.034) (−0.048–0.023) (−0.049–0.022) (−0.086–−0.034) (−0.048–0.023) (−0.049–0.022)
Period (ref: 2004–2008)
2009–2013 0.010 0.012 0.010 0.013
(−0.012–0.031) (−0.010–0.033) (−0.012–0.032) (−0.010–0.035)
2014–2018 0.025 0.026 0.026 0.028
(−0.011–0.060) (−0.009–0.062) (−0.011–0.062) (−0.008–0.064)
2019–2021 0.015 0.018 0.016 0.018
(−0.034–0.064) (−0.031–0.067) (−0.034–0.065) (−0.031–0.067)
Age of first child (mean−centered) −0.008*** −0.007*** −0.008*** −0.007***
(−0.012–−0.004) (−0.012–−0.003) (−0.012–−0.004) (−0.012–−0.003)
Community FE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Constant −0.036 −0.019 −0.017 −0.037 −0.019 −0.036
(−0.167–0.095) (−0.149–0.111) (−0.140–0.107) (−0.167–0.093) (−0.149–0.110) (−0.167–0.095)
Observations 4,494 4,494 4,494 4,494 4,494 4,494
R−squared 0.021 0.025 0.017 0.021 0.025 0.021
No. of idpers 1752 1752 1752 1752 1752 1752