How the provision of childcare affects attitudes towards maternal employment

Roth, Anja

doi:10.1186/s41937-020-00065-7

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics

Table 5 Descriptive statistics of post-vote surveys

From: How the provision of childcare affects attitudes towards maternal employment

	Men	Women	Diff.	Std. error	Obs. men	Obs. women
Maternity leave I
Yes share	0.339	0.380	− 0.041	0.040	236	358
Tertiary educ.	0.203	0.067	0.136***	0.029	236	358
Employed	0.581	0.430	0.150***	0.042	236	358
Age/10	5.374	5.291	0.083	0.139	236	358
Retired	0.297	0.246	0.051	0.038	236	358
Married	0.708	0.656	0.051	0.039	236	358
Income < CHF 5,000	0.335	0.413	− 0.079*	0.040	236	358
Income CHF 5,000−11,000	0.492	0.455	0.036	0.042	236	358
Income > CHF 11,000	0.174	0.131	0.042	0.031	236	358
Maternity leave II
Yes share	0.656	0.604	0.052	0.044	209	270
Tertiary educ.	0.239	0.126	0.113***	0.036	209	270
Employed	0.641	0.489	0.152***	0.045	209	270
Age/10	5.062	5.386	− 0.324**	0.161	209	270
Retired	0.234	0.270	− 0.036	0.040	209	270
Married	0.598	0.619	− 0.020	0.045	209	270
Income < CHF 5,000	0.368	0.437	− 0.069	0.045	209	270
Income CHF 5,000−11,000	0.445	0.419	0.026	0.046	209	270
Income > CHF 11,000	0.187	0.144	0.042	0.034	209	270
Family policy
Yes share	0.469	0.507	− 0.037	0.045	213	304
Tertiary educ.	0.277	0.168	0.109***	0.037	213	304
Employed	0.563	0.454	0.109**	0.044	213	304
Age/10	5.571	5.703	− 0.132	0.137	213	304
Retired	0.291	0.359	− 0.067	0.042	213	304
Married	0.648	0.599	0.049	0.043	213	304
Income < CHF 5,000	0.315	0.378	− 0.064	0.042	213	304
Income CHF 5,000−11,000	0.610	0.562	0.048	0.044	213	304
Income > CHF 11,000	0.075	0.059	0.016	0.023	213	304
Family initiative
Yes share	0.522	0.592	− 0.070	0.045	203	294
Tertiary educ.	0.256	0.136	0.120***	0.037	203	294
Employed	0.547	0.401	0.145***	0.045	203	294
Age/10	5.729	5.691	0.037	0.143	203	294
Retired	0.296	0.378	− 0.082*	0.043	203	294
Married	0.704	0.588	0.116***	0.043	203	294
Income < CHF 5,000	0.296	0.435	− 0.140***	0.043	203	294
Income CHF 5,000−11,000	0.601	0.507	0.094**	0.045	203	294
Income > CHF 11,000	0.103	0.058	0.046*	0.025	203	294

This table shows descriptive statistics for the four ballots considered, as well as whether there is a significant difference between men and women

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