Table 6.
Relative risk of births by parity and educational level, 1987–1999
| First birth | Second birth | Third birth | Fourth birth | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Secondary | Tertiary | Primary | Secondary | Tertiary | Primary | Secondary | Tertiary | Primary | Secondary | Tertiary | |||||||||||||
| Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | 0.92 | 0.95 | 0.94 | 0.91 | 0.87 | 0.85 | 0.80 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 0.80 | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | 0.92 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 0.94 | 0.96 | 0.93 | 0.86 | 0.88 | 0.90 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.91 | ||||||||||||
| 1989 | 0.92 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 0.96 | 0.97 | 0.98 | 0.93 | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.94 | 0.90 | ||||||||||||
| 1990 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||
| 1991 | 0.99 | 1.02 | 1.03 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.99 | 0.96 | 1.01 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 1.01 | 0.95 | ||||||||||||
| 1992 | 1.03 | 1.00 | 1.03 | 1.01 | 1.04 | 1.03 | 1.00 | 1.06 | 1.00 | 1.02 | 1.04 | 1.05 | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 1.06 | 0.99 | 1.02 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.02 | 0.93 | 0.96 | 1.00 | 0.95 | ||||||||||||
| 1994 | 0.95 | 0.94 | 1.04 | 1.02 | 1.04 | 1.04 | 1.03 | 1.06 | 0.97 | 0.99 | 1.01 | 0.97 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | 0.95 | 0.88 | 1.04 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.03 | 1.07 | 0.96 | 1.10 | 1.06 | 0.88 | ||||||||||||
| 1996 | 0.95 | 0.85 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 0.88 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 0.89 | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 0.92 | 0.86 | 1.00 | 1.04 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 1.02 | 0.99 | 0.84 | 1.03 | 0.94 | 0.92 | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | 0.89 | 0.82 | 0.95 | 0.99 | 0.97 | 0.93 | 0.99 | 0.97 | 0.84 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 0.88 | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | 0.94 | 0.83 | 0.95 | 1.00 | 0.97 | 0.94 | 1.06 | 1.03 | 0.88 | 0.99 | 1.08 | 0.90 | ||||||||||||
| Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | 1.02 | 0.93 | 0.92 | 0.93 | 0.87 | 0.86 | 0.81 | 0.79 | 0.87 | 0.85 | 0.68 | 0.95 | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | 1.01 | 0.93 | 0.96 | 0.97 | 0.95 | 0.96 | 0.85 | 0.86 | 0.85 | 0.86 | 0.70 | 0.87 | ||||||||||||
| 1989 | 1.02 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 0.97 | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.92 | 1.00 | 0.89 | 0.78 | ||||||||||||
| 1990 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||
| 1991 | 0.96 | 0.99 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.04 | 0.98 | 0.96 | 1.06 | 0.97 | 0.95 | 0.91 | 0.84 | ||||||||||||
| 1992 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 1.06 | 1.11 | 1.05 | 1.08 | 1.14 | 1.15 | 1.09 | 0.91 | 0.95 | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.97 | 1.05 | 1.11 | 1.04 | 1.02 | 1.12 | 1.03 | 1.07 | 0.91 | 0.97 | ||||||||||||
| 1994 | 0.97 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.05 | 1.15 | 1.11 | 1.11 | 1.25 | 1.10 | 1.16 | 0.95 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | 0.99 | 0.97 | 1.01 | 1.08 | 1.17 | 1.03 | 1.15 | 1.28 | 1.08 | 1.15 | 1.00 | 0.80 | ||||||||||||
| 1996 | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 1.10 | 1.06 | 1.07 | 1.17 | 1.02 | 1.11 | 0.89 | 0.77 | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 0.89 | 0.90 | 0.97 | 1.03 | 1.12 | 1.09 | 1.07 | 1.15 | 1.04 | 1.10 | 0.88 | 0.76 | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.95 | 0.99 | 1.13 | 1.10 | 1.01 | 1.11 | 1.00 | 1.02 | 0.85 | 0.78 | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | 0.85 | 0.86 | 0.98 | 0.96 | 1.15 | 1.11 | 1.01 | 1.18 | 1.08 | 1.06 | 0.89 | 0.82 | ||||||||||||
| Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987 | 1.03 | 0.92 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 0.92 | 0.93 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.84 | 0.85 | 0.89 | 1.01 | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | 1.04 | 0.97 | 1.02 | 1.01 | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.88 | 0.86 | 0.88 | 0.90 | 0.95 | 1.01 | ||||||||||||
| 1989 | 1.03 | 0.99 | 1.02 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.98 | 1.02 | 0.97 | 0.95 | ||||||||||||
| 1990 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||
| 1991 | 0.97 | 0.99 | 1.01 | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.95 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 1.04 | 1.08 | 1.04 | ||||||||||||
| 1992 | 0.89 | 0.97 | 0.95 | 0.92 | 0.94 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.99 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 1.04 | 1.06 | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | 0.83 | 0.94 | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.93 | 0.92 | 0.91 | 1.01 | 0.99 | 1.03 | 1.04 | 1.06 | ||||||||||||
| 1994 | 0.79 | 0.95 | 0.90 | 0.92 | 0.94 | 0.92 | 0.94 | 0.98 | 1.01 | 0.98 | 1.12 | 0.98 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | 0.78 | 0.93 | 0.91 | 0.92 | 0.97 | 0.94 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 1.02 | 0.92 | 0.99 | 0.97 | ||||||||||||
| 1996 | 0.76 | 0.94 | 0.92 | 0.96 | 0.99 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 1.06 | 1.04 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 0.92 | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 0.71 | 0.91 | 0.88 | 0.93 | 0.97 | 0.94 | 0.96 | 1.04 | 1.01 | 1.01 | 1.03 | 0.89 | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | 0.69 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 0.90 | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.91 | 1.03 | 0.96 | 0.94 | 0.98 | 0.88 | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | 0.68 | 0.85 | 0.95 | 0.90 | 0.98 | 0.95 | 0.96 | 1.02 | 0.99 | 1.04 | 1.06 | 0.89 | ||||||||||||
| Sweden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||
| 1991 | 0.98 | 0.96 | 1.01 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.96 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 0.93 | 0.99 | 0.97 | ||||||||||||
| 1992 | 0.93 | 0.90 | 0.99 | 0.94 | 0.95 | 0.99 | 0.93 | 0.94 | 0.91 | 0.87 | 0.97 | 0.97 | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | 0.82 | 0.86 | 0.97 | 0.87 | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.91 | 0.85 | 0.81 | 0.88 | 0.83 | 0.76 | ||||||||||||
| 1994 | 0.82 | 0.85 | 0.95 | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.91 | 0.81 | 0.77 | 0.75 | 0.78 | 0.76 | 0.77 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | 0.80 | 0.79 | 0.87 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.88 | 0.78 | 0.67 | 0.66 | 0.73 | 0.63 | 0.64 | ||||||||||||
| 1996 | 0.74 | 0.76 | 0.84 | 0.80 | 0.79 | 0.82 | 0.69 | 0.56 | 0.59 | 0.63 | 0.58 | 0.53 | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 0.72 | 0.74 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.83 | 0.67 | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.66 | 0.59 | 0.49 | ||||||||||||
| 1998 | 0.69 | 0.71 | 0.79 | 0.83 | 0.81 | 0.83 | 0.70 | 0.59 | 0.58 | 0.74 | 0.60 | 0.56 | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.77 | 0.80 | 0.81 | 0.85 | 0.75 | 0.58 | 0.59 | 0.75 | 0.67 | 0.55 | ||||||||||||
Source: Elaboration of the authors based on each country’s register data. Baseline category is year 2008 for (upper) secondary-educated women