Table 4.
Estimates of a series of two-level Poisson’s regression models for completed fertility as function of women’s education, macro-variables and their interaction
| Variables | Models | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| Educational level | ||||||
| Low | 0.120*** | 0.126*** | 0.120*** | −0.594*** | 0.167*** | 0.413*** |
| Medium (Ref.) | ||||||
| High | −0.081*** | −0.049*** | −0.092*** | 0.376** | −0.050** | −0.260*** |
| Family allowances | 0.483 | |||||
| ×Low education | −0.404+ | |||||
| ×High education | 0.544* | |||||
| Weighted leave weeks | 0.002 | |||||
| ×Low education | −0.001** | |||||
| ×High education | 0.000 | |||||
| Childcare coverage | 0.004* | |||||
| ×Low education | −0.001* | |||||
| ×High education | 0.002*** | |||||
| Men working hours | −0.020+ | |||||
| ×Low education | 0.016*** | |||||
| ×High education | −0.010** | |||||
| Women share part-time | 0.003 | |||||
| ×Low education | −0.003*** | |||||
| ×High education | 0.000 | |||||
| Gender-egalitarian norms | 0.009*** | |||||
| ×Low education | −0.004*** | |||||
| ×High education | 0.003*** | |||||
| Constant | −3.201*** | −3.224*** | −3.259*** | −2.331*** | −3.254*** | −3.879*** |
| Var(country) | −2.172*** | −2.211*** | −2.339*** | −2.235*** | −2.178*** | −2.525*** |
In each model, we include education levels (medium is the reference), one of the macro-variable at time and its interaction with education (in italic). Var(country) indicates the variance of the random effect at the second level (country)
+ p < 0.10; * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001