Table 5.
Descriptive statistics, unweighted
| 2018 (SOEP v35) | 2020 (COMPASS) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | |
| Individual characteristics | ||||
| Female | 0.54 | (0.50) | 0.52 | (0.50) |
| Age in years | 45.14 | (14.71) | 49.19 | (14.09) |
| Below 30 years | 0.19 | (0.39) | 0.13 | (0.33) |
| 30–39 years | 0.16 | (0.37) | 0.15 | (0.36) |
| 40–49 years | 0.21 | (0.41) | 0.17 | (0.37) |
| 50–59 years | 0.24 | (0.43) | 0.25 | (0.43) |
| 60 years and older | 0.19 | (0.40) | 0.30 | (0.46) |
| Education | ||||
| Lower/middle secondary schooling | 0.58 | (0.49) | 0.66 | (0.47) |
| Upper secondary schooling | 0.39 | (0.49) | 0.33 | (0.47) |
| Without school leaving certificate | 0.01 | (0.12) | 0.00 | (0.07) |
| In education | 0.02 | (0.13) | 0.00 | (0.04) |
| Employment status | ||||
| Full-time employment | 0.44 | (0.50) | 0.52 | (0.50) |
| Part-time employment | 0.18 | (0.39) | 0.16 | (0.36) |
| Other employment status | 0.15 | (0.35) | 0.04 | (0.20) |
| Not employed | 0.23 | (0.42) | 0.27 | (0.45) |
| Occupation | ||||
| White collar worker | 0.45 | (0.50) | 0.54 | (0.50) |
| Blue collar worker | 0.12 | (0.33) | 0.08 | (0.26) |
| Self-employed | 0.06 | (0.24) | 0.04 | (0.20) |
| Civil servant | 0.05 | (0.22) | 0.04 | (0.21) |
| Other occupational status | 0.04 | (0.20) | 0.04 | (0.19) |
| Occupation information missing | 0.27 | (0.44) | 0.26 | (0.44) |
| Household characteristics and income | ||||
| Single person HH | 0.14 | (0.35) | 0.24 | (0.43) |
| Number of people in HH | 2.88 | (1.42) | 2.25 | (1.08) |
| Children below age 3 years in HH | 0.06 | (0.23) | 0.05 | (0.23) |
| Children between 3 and 5 years in HH | 0.06 | (0.25) | 0.04 | (0.20) |
| Children between 6 and 10 years in HH | 0.13 | (0.34) | 0.06 | (0.23) |
| Children between 11 and 15 years in HH | 0.11 | (0.32) | 0.06 | (0.23) |
| No children below age 16 years in HH | 0.64 | (0.48) | 0.79 | (0.40) |
| Monthly net household income in euro | 3285.71 | (1318.26) | 2796.45 | (1285.25) |
| Household income information missing | 0.04 | (0.20) | 0.18 | (0.38) |
| Satisfaction | ||||
| General life satisfaction | 7.44 | (1.67) | 7.00 | (2.13) |
| Satisfaction with family life | 7.90 | (1.86) | 7.06 | (2.51) |
| Satisfaction with childcare | 7.33 | (2.18) | 4.29 | (2.93) |
| Number of observations | 19430 (3036) | 14781 (3054) | ||
| Number of individuals | 19430 (3036) | 8977 (1925) | ||
Notes: The table shows unweighted descriptive statistics of the German Socio-Economic Panel from 2018 and the COMPASS survey from May and June 2020. The corresponding number of observations for satisfaction with childcare is reported in parentheses. In the COMPASS surveys, respondents were sometimes interviewed again at a later date
Source: Own calculations based on infratest dimap COMPASS and SOEP v35