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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for the variables used in the study

From: Transition to first birth during the Great Recession: the case of Greece

 

Percentage

Obs.

1st child

Couple’s education

 Man’s higher

14.58

254

6

 Woman’s higher

20.72

361

32

 Low–low

17.34

302

11

 Medium–medium

25.32

441

38

 High–high

22.04

384

46

Couple’s activity status

 Unemployed/inactive woman–employed man

28.59

500

36

 Employed woman–employed man

52.48

918

92

 Employed woman–unemployed/inactive man

10.18

176

2

 Unemployed/inactive woman–unemployed/inactive man

8.75

153

3

Couple’s income

 Woman’s high–man’s low

21.82

378

32

 Man’s high–woman’s low

20.79

360

20

 Low–low

26.15

453

24

 High–high

31.24

541

56

Calendar time

   

 2005–2009

54.46

1075

98

 2010–2013

45.54

899

38

Woman’s age

 Up to 24

5.92

101

13

 25–29

17.42

297

33

 30–34

21.29

363

64

 35–39

14.84

253

19

 40–49

40.53

691

7

Marital status

 Legal union

87.11

1601

125

 Other union

12.89

237

11

Area of residence

 Voreia Ellada (Northern Greece)

36.34

668

52

 Kentriki Ellada (Central Greece)

21.16

389

20

 Attiki

32.54

598

46

 Aigaio and Kriti (Aegean Islands and Crete)

9.96

183

18

Degree of urbanization

 Densely populated area

42.6

783

60

 Intermediate area

12.84

236

25

 Sparsely populated area

44.56

819

51

Couple’s type of contract

   

 At least one partner temporary

29.26

158

10

 Woman’s permanent–man’s permanent

70.74

382

41

  1. Source: Authors’ own calculations based on the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions 2013