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Table 2 Sample description of mothers with children between 0 and 3 years of age before and after the reform

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

Year

Total

Treated canton

Control canton

Before

After

Before

After

Maternal age

 20–30

36.70

41.07

30.67

43.48

31.05

 31–40

58.27

55.87

62.40

53.78

61.68

 41–50

5.03

3.06

6.93

2.74

7.27

Maternal education

 Lower secondary

15.30

18.26†

14.89†

16.06†

13.23†

 Upper secondary

61.80

66.87†

55.23

69.60†

55.10

 Tertiary

22.90

14.87

29.88†

14.34

31.67†

Number of children under 4 years old

 1

80.09

80.72

79.65

80.16

79.93

 2

19.08

18.34

19.44

19.07

19.31

 3 or more

0.83

0.94

0.91

0.76

0.77

Number of children aged 4 to 15

 0

54.19

51.47

55.91

53.58

55.34

 1

31.98

32.70

30.77

32.05

32.15

 2

11.21

13.22

10.73

11.59

10.05

 3 or more

2.62

2.60

2.59

2.78

2.47

 Married

89.35

92.35

86.66

92.91

85.79

 Swiss

69.14

71.03†

62.26†

75.07†

66.03†

Single mothers

2.60

1.95

3.34

1.85

3.29

Income of other family members

74,319

64,508

72,044

72,456

82,384

N (unweighted)

43,519

4567

11,283

7062

20,607

  1. Source: Swiss Labour Force Survey 1992–2014
  2. All figures are weighted percentages of the corresponding subsample except for the income of other family members and the number of cases. Income of other family members is represented in Swiss francs. The sample is restricted to mothers between 20 and 50 years of age
  3. †Significant differences at 1% level between treated and control cantons