Table 3.

Long-run effect of the unemployment rate at different ages on the percent of childless women

	Percent childless women at age:
Dependent variable	40 (col. 1)	35 (col. 2)	30 (col. 3)	25 (col. 4)	20 (col. 5)
Effect of average unemployment rate at ages:
15–19	0.34	0.33	0.21	0.50***	0.62***
	(0.25)	(0.24)	(0.23)	(0.17)	(0.11)
20–24	0.51**	0.55***	0.68***	0.48***	0.00
	(0.20)	(0.18)	(0.20)	(0.17)	(0.12)
25–29	−0.06	0.09	0.15
	(0.33)	(0.28)	(0.22)
30–34	0.27	0.20
	(0.54)	(0.53)
35–39	−0.01
	(0.46)
N	510	510	510	510	510
Mean	18.44	21.79	31.24	49.76	73.59

Coefficients from OLS regressions of the percent of childless women on the average unemployment rate at different periods of women’s fertile life cycles are displayed. See notes under Table 2 for further comments. Significance levels: *P < 0.1; **P < 0.5; ***P < 0.01.