Table 1.

Sample characteristics

		Netherlands (N = 821)		Belgium (N = 435)		U.S. (N = 241)
Description		n	%	n	%	n	%
Child gender	Male	408	49.7	213	49.0	128	53.1
	Female	413	50.3	222	51.0	113	46.9
Relationship to child	Female caregiver	519	63.2	336	77.2	203	84.2
	Male caregiver	302	36.8	99	22.8	38	15.8
Race (US only)	Black or African-American					46	19.1
	White or Euro-American					112	46.5
	Hispanic or Latino					59	24.4
	Other					24	10.0
Living situation	Together with child and spouse	727	88.6	377	86.7	186	77.2
	Together with child and no spouse	84	10.2	56	12.9	43	17.8
	Other	10	1.2	2	0.5	12	5.0
Education a	Low	127	15.5	21	4.8	13	5.4
	Medium	305	37.1	61	14.0	88	36.5
	High	389	47.4	353	81.1	140	58.1
Employed: paid job	Yes	718	87.5	393	90.3	200	83.0
	36 hours or more per week	290	40.4	210	53.4	167	83.5
	20 to 35 hours per week	275	38.3	144	36.6	18	9.0
	12 to 19 hours per week	105	14.6	35	8.9	10	5.0
	Less than 12 hours per week	48	6.7	4	1.0	5	2.5
	No	103	12.5	42	9.7	41	17.0

Note:^aHighest education attained, categorized into low level (8^th grade or less, attended some high school, technical school graduate), medium level (high school graduate or general educational development, some college), and high level (college graduate, post graduate study).