Table 7.

Descriptive statistics for individuals with and without dependent children

	Household with children below 16 years
	Yes		No
	Mean	(s.d.)	Mean	(s.d.)
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Satisfaction
Satisfaction with life in general	7.62	(1.53)	7.28	(1.73)
Satisfaction with family life	8.06	(1.69)	7.72	(1.97)
Satisfaction with childcare	7.25	(2.23)	–
Demographics and income
Female	0.52	(0.50)	0.48	(0.50)
Age in years	39.25	(8.93)	47.46	(15.71)
Age below 25 years	0.07	(0.26)	0.11	(0.32)
Age between 25 and below 35 years	0.18	(0.39)	0.17	(0.38)
Age between 35 and below 45 years	0.45	(0.50)	0.09	(0.28)
Age between 45 and below 55 years	0.26	(0.44)	0.20	(0.40)
Age between 55 and below 65 years	0.03	(0.16)	0.29	(0.45)
Age 65 and older	0.00	(0.05)	0.14	(0.35)
Net household income in euro	3682.00	(1129.96)	3019.88	(1365.37)
Education
Lower/middle secondary schooling	0.53	(0.50)	0.61	(0.49)
Upper secondary schooling	0.44	(0.50)	0.37	(0.48)
No schooling degree	0.02	(0.13)	0.01	(0.10)
In Education	0.01	(0.12)	0.01	(0.11)
Education information missing	0.10	(0.29)	0.10	(0.30)
Occupation
White collar worker	0.54	(0.50)	0.43	(0.50)
Blue collar worker	0.13	(0.33)	0.13	(0.34)
Self-employed	0.06	(0.23)	0.06	(0.24)
Civil servant	0.06	(0.24)	0.04	(0.21)
Other occupational status	0.02	(0.14)	0.05	(0.21)
Occupation information missing	0.19	(0.39)	0.28	(0.45)
Employment status
Working	0.78	(0.41)	0.69	(0.46)
Not working	0.08	(0.27)	0.22	(0.41)
On parental leave	0.09	(0.28)	0.00	(0.04)
In professional training	0.05	(0.22)	0.08	(0.27)
Pensioner	0.00	(0.03)	0.02	(0.13)

Notes: The table reports weighted sample means for individuals in 2018

Source: Own calculations based on SOEP v35