Table 2.
Descriptive statistics: means (SD), and percentages (n = 29,332)
| Austria | Belgium | France | Germany | Bulgaria | Czech Republic | Georgia | Lithuania | Poland | Romania | Russian Federation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 2826 | 1593 | 2383 | 2248 | 3976 | 2244 | 2076 | 2383 | 3712 | 3170 | 2721 |
| Individual variables | |||||||||||
| Readiness | |||||||||||
| Wanting children | |||||||||||
| Yes | 55.3 | 52.4 | 47.5 | 45.7 | 45.9 | 58.2 | 54.5 | 61.4 | 57.7 | 44.7 | 55.7 |
| No | 44.7 | 47.6 | 52.5 | 54.3 | 54.1 | 41.8 | 45.5 | 38.6 | 42.3 | 55.3 | 44.3 |
| Perceived cost of children | 3.14 (0.31) | 3.08 (0.40) | 3.04 (0.51) | 3.17 (0.35) | 3.09 (0.51) | 3.12 (0.44) | 2.87 (0.44) | 3.02 (0.42) | 3.16 (0.38) | 3.04 (0.44) | 3.02 (0.45) |
| Willingness | |||||||||||
| Family values | 3.12 (0.54) | 3.34 (0.55) | 2.87 (0.59) | 3.10 (0.56) | 2.97 (0.42) | 2.92 (0.43) | 2.26 (0.38) | 2.84 (0.40) | 2.82 (0.45) | 2.49 (0.43) | 2.74 (0.39) |
| Religious | |||||||||||
| Yes | 7.8 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 8.0 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 29.6 | 6.2 | 32.2 | 23.2 | 2.2 |
| No | 92.2 | 98.0 | 98.1 | 92.0 | 94.9 | 96.1 | 70.4 | 93.8 | 67.8 | 76.8 | 97.8 |
| Ability | |||||||||||
| Educational level | |||||||||||
| Studying | 7.2 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 3.2 | 10.1 | 1.7 | 7.1 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.4 |
| Low | 9.1 | 15.8 | 12.9 | 10.1 | 19.6 | 9.5 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 21.8 | 5.9 |
| Middle | 66.0 | 32.5 | 44.6 | 57.5 | 54.4 | 65.0 | 60.8 | 57.1 | 60.6 | 63.1 | 50.1 |
| High | 17.8 | 43.3 | 33.9 | 23.9 | 22.8 | 15.4 | 30.3 | 27.7 | 31.2 | 12.7 | 40.6 |
| Employment status | |||||||||||
| Employed | 76.1 | 80.4 | 75.2 | 65.0 | 65.8 | 69.5 | 49.9 | 78.8 | 70.9 | 77.8 | 74.4 |
| Unemployed | 3.3 | 5.6 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 21.7 | 5.3 | 18.1 | 4.8 | 9.7 | 5.0 | 6.8 |
| Non-employed | 20.6 | 14.0 | 16.5 | 26.6 | 12.4 | 25.2 | 32.0 | 16.4 | 19.4 | 17.2 | 18.8 |
| Income level | |||||||||||
| ≤50 % of median income | 16.9 | 14.6 | 18.5 | 24.9 | 21.5 | 19.9 | 28.1 | 15.1 | 21.9 | 17.2 | 27.5 |
| 51–80 % of median income | 18.3 | 12.1 | 15.2 | 16.2 | 9.0 | 13.3 | 6.0 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 9.2 |
| 81–120 % of median income | 30.6 | 37.9 | 29.0 | 24.1 | 18.9 | 25.9 | 8.1 | 15.0 | 17.2 | 17.1 | 13.7 |
| >120 % of median income | 34.2 | 35.4 | 37.3 | 34.7 | 50.6 | 40.8 | 57.8 | 61.6 | 53.5 | 58.4 | 49.6 |
| Place of residence | |||||||||||
| Rural | 41.5 | 60.4 | 16.7 | 22.4 | 28.2 | 33.0 | 44.9 | 27.7 | 33.3 | 41.6 | 25.4 |
| Urban | 58.5 | 39.6 | 83.3 | 77.6 | 71.8 | 67.0 | 55.1 | 72.3 | 66.7 | 58.4 | 74.6 |
| Context variables | |||||||||||
| % Female part-time work | 41.70 (3.01) | 40.71 (3.53) | 30.76 (4.26) | 43.71 (6.75) | 3.43 (0.63) | 8.50 (0.00) | 31.37 (9.79) | 12.60 (0.00) | 11.64 (1.64) | 10.26 (3.76) | 4.97 (2.95) |
| % Religious | 7.92 (1.16) | 2.87 (1.75) | 4.91 (1.16) | 10.01 (4.33) | 6.69 (1.44) | 6.20 (0.00) | 27.24 (5.15) | 14.80 (0.00) | 40.79 (6.89) | 32.99 (4.80) | 3.17 (1.75) |
| Ratio of female to male income | 63.75 (6.03) | 75.5 (2.83) | 71.35 (4.68) | 53.26 (8.36) | 77.00 (0.00) | 60.00 (0.00) | 45.36 (8.73) | 73.00 (0.00) | 65.82 (3.87) | 84.21 (3.77) | 62.50 (31.91) |
| % Women in regional politics | 30.76 (4.70) | 28.66 (5.97) | 47.62 (0.95) | 29.54 (4.20) | 9.11 (6.88) | 17.00 (0.00) | 11.25 (2.07) | 22.00 (0.00) | 23.15 (7.22) | 12.78 (1.70) | 7.89 (5.76) |