Table 2.

Sample description: Independent variables measured in wave 1.

Source: Own calculations on GGS data

	Men	Women
	%	%
Educational levela
Low	14.11	10.05
Medium	61.22	50.15
High	24.67	39.80
Union history
Never in union	84.46	65.81
First union	12.75	27.87
Higher order union	2.79	6.32
Gender attitudes: age
Non-Egalitarian	40.45	41.26
Neutral	35.58	33.11
Egalitarian	23.26	24.97
Unknown	0.70	0.66
Gender attitudes: earning
Non-Egalitarian	22.83	23.67
Neutral	32.63	28.69
Egalitarian	43.33	46.29
Unknown	1.22	1.35
Gender attitudes: jobs scarce
Non-Egalitarian	38.29	18.12
Neutral	25.05	14.50
Egalitarian	36.01	66.69
Unknown	0.65	0.69
Age (median)	26	28
Number kids (mean)	0.2	0.6
Country
Austria	10.29	11.74
Bulgaria	23.12	19.52
France	9.10	12.62
Georgia	18.82	18.39
Hungary	20.66	18.06
Poland	18.01	19.66
N total	3693	3621

^aThe level of education refers to wave 2 because it is when educational mating can be measured