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. 2017 Sep 6;54(5):1773–1793. doi: 10.1007/s13524-017-0612-0

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics

Women Men
Z = 0 Z = 1 Z = 0 Z = 1
Mean SD Mean SD Diff. p Mean SD Mean SD Diff. p
Age 28.2 4.46 28.2 4.45 .73 30.7 4.74 30.7 4.75 .10
Years of Schooling 12.2 2.72 12.2 2.72 .89 12.6 2.93 12.6 2.90 .27
Married 0.15 0.36 0.15 0.36 .44 0.15 0.35 0.15 0.35 .55
Region of Origin
 Western Europe and North America 0.061 0.24 0.060 0.24 .20 0.057 0.23 0.057 0.23 .57
 East and Central Europe 0.0054 0.073 0.0052 0.072 .18 0.0062 0.078 0.0058 0.076 .06
 Africa 0.0048 0.069 0.0048 0.069 .77 0.0066 0.081 0.0063 0.079 .16
 Asia 0.018 0.13 0.018 0.13 .95 0.017 0.13 0.017 0.13 .26
 South America 0.0019 0.043 0.0019 0.044 .61 0.0020 0.045 0.0020 0.045 .82
Earnings 2.48 2.18 2.48 2.16 .77 5.80 3.32 5.83 10.90 .19
IVF Treatment 0.0022 0.047 0.0023 0.048 .38 0.0027 0.051 0.0029 0.054 .09
N 318,144 318,890 305,040 305,508

Note: The sample is all men and women who had a second child in Norway between 1970 and 2001.