Journal of Population Sciences
Inclusion year | ||||||||
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2005 (N = 1223) | 2012 (N = 2726) | 2017 (N = 7278) | ||||||
N | W%## | N | W%## | N | W%## | P value | ||
Age | ≤ 18 years | 382 | 31% | 770 | 30% | 1680 | 23% | < 0.001 |
19–20 years | 274 | 22% | 692 | 22% | 1832 | 21% | ||
21–22 years | 299 | 24% | 623 | 24% | 1825 | 27% | ||
> 22 years | 268 | 22% | 641 | 24% | 1941 | 29% | ||
Religion | Not religious | 858 | 70% | 1925 | 71% | 5666 | 76% | < 0.001 |
Christian, some importance | 215 | 18% | 539 | 19% | 1155 | 16% | ||
Christian, very important | 77 | 6% | 140 | 5% | 290 | 4% | ||
Muslim | 23 | 2% | 47 | 3% | 82 | 2% | ||
Other religion** | 48 | 4% | 75 | 3% | 83 | 2% | ||
Educational level# | Less educated | 784 | 66% | 1333 | 58% | 2606 | 55% | < 0.001 |
More educated | 435 | 34% | 1378 | 42% | 4651 | 45% | ||
Ethnicity | Dutch/Western | 1094 | 90% | 2278 | 91% | 6704 | 91% | < 0.001 |
Turkish/Moroccan | 26 | 2% | 43 | 3% | 69 | 1% | ||
Surinamese/Antillean | 57 | 4% | 176 | 5% | 237 | 4% | ||
Other non-Western | 46 | 3% | 31 | 1% | 268 | 4% | ||
Partner status | Not in a relationship | 329 | 27% | 725 | 27% | 2211 | 30% | 0.006 |
In a relationship | 894 | 73% | 2001 | 73% | 5067 | 70% |