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Table 1 Participation in the labour market according to individual and household characteristics

From: Childcare and maternal part-time employment: a natural experiment using Swiss cantons

Characteristics

Maternal labour force participation

Share

Paternal labour force participation

Share

Educational level

 Lower secondary

41.34

9.69

87.96

11.04

 Upper secondary

68.97

46.90

94.52

38.36

 Tertiary

75.97

43.41

97.47

50.60

Marital status

 Single parent

74.87

17.03

90.98

15.02

 Married or cohabitating

67.78

82.97

96.05

84.98

Number of children

 Small family (1–2 children)

70.16

84.79

94.94

83.01

 Large family (3+ children)

62.45

15.21

96.96

16.99

  1. Source: Swiss Labour Force Survey, 2014
  2. The sample is restricted to mothers and fathers between 20 and 50 years of age with at least one child up to age 3