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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 3 Descriptive statistics for the variables used in the study according to time period (2005–2009; 2010–2013)

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

 

2005–2009

2010–2013

 

Percentage

Obs.

Percentage

Obs.

Couple’s education

    

 Man's higher

13.68

128

15.63

126

 Woman’s higher

20.19

189

21.34

172

 Low–low

19.02

178

15.38

124

 Medium–medium

23.93

224

26.92

217

 High–high

23.18

217

20.72

167

Couple’s activity status

    

 Unemployed/inactive woman–employed man

26.54

250

30.98

250

 Employed woman–employed man

57.96

546

46.1

372

 Employed woman–unemployed/inactive man

7.11

67

13.75

111

 Unemployed/inactive woman–unemployed/inactive man

8.39

79

9.17

74

Couple’s income

    

 Woman’s high–man’s low

19.83

185

24.16

193

 Man’s high–woman’s low

21.01

196

20.53

164

 Low–low

24.97

233

27.53

220

 High–high

34.19

319

27.78

222

Calendar time

    

 2005

8.56

92

  

 2006

15.81

170

  

 2007

21.58

232

  

 2008

32.74

352

  

 2009

21.3

229

  

 2010

  

33.04

297

 2011

  

31.15

280

 2012

  

18.91

170

 2013

  

16.91

152

Woman’s age

    

 Up to 24

6.11

57

5.7

44

 25–29

18.65

174

15.93

123

 30–34

23.37

218

18.78

145

 35–39

14.15

132

15.67

121

 40–49

37.73

352

43.91

339

Marital status

    

 Legal union

86.1

855

88.28

746

 Other union

13.9

138

11.72

99

Area of residence

    

 Voreia Ellada (Northern Greece)

37.87

376

34.56

292

 Kentriki Ellada (Central Greece)

17.22

171

25.8

218

 Attiki

34.94

347

29.7

251

 Aigaio and Kriti (Aegean Islands and Crete)

9.97

99

9.94

84

Degree of urbanization

    

 Densely populated area

45.82

455

38.82

328

 Intermediate area

13.49

134

12.07

102

 Sparsely populated area

40.68

404

49.11

415

Couple’s type of contract

    

 At least one partner temporary

29.19

101

29.38

57

 Both partners permanent

70.81

245

70.62

137

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