Table 2 Multilevel regressions of individual level predictors on childlessness (left table) and number of children (right table)

 Low

− 0.030***

− 0.016***

0.260***

0.189***

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.003)

(0.003)

 High

0.072***

0.039***

− 0.085***

− 0.047***

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.003)

(0.003)

 Unemployed

0.074***

0.042***

− 0.260***

− 0.231***

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.005)

(0.005)

HS blue collar

0.059***

0.051***

− 0.195***

− 0.199***

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.005)

(0.005)

 LS blue collar

0.065***

0.050***

− 0.299***

− 0.298***

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.004)

(0.004)

 HS white collar

0.136***

0.081***

− 0.456***

− 0.371***

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.003)

(0.003)

 LS white collar

0.090***

0.064***

− 0.440***

− 0.393***

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.003)

(0.003)

 Previously married

0.078***

0.078***

− 0.194***

− 0.185***

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.004)

(0.004)

 Single

0.414***

0.404***

− 0.419***

− 0.427***

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.004)

(0.004)

Constant

0.123***

0.055***

0.067***

0.007

1.961***

2.306***

2.054***

2.298***

(0.005)

(0.005)

(0.004)

(0.005)

(0.017)

(0.015)

(0.016)

(0.0184)

var(cy)

0.003***

0.003***

0.002***

0.002***

0.032***

0.027***

0.030***

0.039***

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.00)

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.002)

(0.003)

var. explained

0%

0%

33%

33%

− 8%

− 28%

− 20%

− 56%

var(Residual)

0.118***

0.116***

0.099***

0.098***

0.715***

0.696***

0.715***

0.676***

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.000)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

(0.001)

var. explained

1%

3%

16%

16%

2%

5%

2%

7%

ICC

0.025

0.025

0.021

0.024

0.043

0.037

0.041

0.055

N