Table 2.

Cohort fertility rate of women by level of education in 15 European countries

Country	High	Medium	Low	Total	Δ High–medium	Δ Medium–low	Δ High–low
Austria	1.38	1.62	1.98	1.61	− 0.19	− 0.33	− 0.52
Belarus	1.43	1.76	1.96	1.68	− 0.29	− 0.14	− 0.44
Belgium	1.74	1.65	1.78	1.72	0.10	− 0.11	− 0.01
Finland	1.81	1.99	1.97	1.90	− 0.15	− 0.01	− 0.16
France	1.76	1.87	2.10	1.87	− 0.09	− 0.22	− 0.31
Germany	1.40	1.51	1.67	1.50	− 0.11	− 0.16	− 0.27
Greece	1.54	1.69	2.09	1.76	− 0.14	− 0.33	− 0.48
Hungary	1.66	1.77	2.42	1.86	− 0.10	− 0.59	− 0.69
Ireland	1.88	2.10	2.38	2.09	− 0.22	− 0.28	− 0.50
Lithuania	1.56	1.90	2.06	1.80	− 0.29	− 0.14	− 0.43
The Netherlands	1.71	1.82	1.89	1.81	− 0.10	− 0.03	− 0.12
Norway	1.99	2.04	2.05	2.02	− 0.01	− 0.02	− 0.03
Romania	1.12	1.57	2.28	1.65	− 0.42	− 0.68	− 1.10
Spain	1.34	1.48	1.71	1.46	− 0.14	− 0.14	− 0.28
Sweden	1.93	1.94	2.04	1.94	0.00	− 0.10	− 0.10
Mean	1.62	1.78	2.03	1.78	− 0.14	− 0.22	− 0.36