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Table 1 Descriptive overview of the sample—by migrant status

From: Parental leave policies, work (re)entry, and second birth: Do differences between migrants and non-migrants in Germany increase?

 

Non-migrants

First-generation migrants

Migrant descendants

Total

Non-migrants

First-generation migrants

Migrant descendants

Total

Observations

in percent

Event (outcome)

        
 

Work (re)entry

1386

145

258

1789

54.6

31.9

45.7

50.3

 

Second child (conception)

568

130

154

852

22.4

28.6

27.3

24.0

Parental-leave policy cohort at first birth

        
 

1992–1995

289

53

57

399

11.4

11.7

10.1

11.2

 

1996–2000

427

57

83

567

16.8

12.6

14.7

15.9

 

2001–2006

559

45

104

708

22.0

9.9

18.4

19.9

 

2007–2012

781

81

147

1009

30.8

17.8

26.1

28.4

 

2013–2020

481

218

173

872

19.0

48.0

30.7

24.5

Country of origin group

        
 

Germany

2537

  

2537

100.0

  

71.4

 

West, South and North Europe

 

52

112

164

 

11.5

19.9

4.6

 

East Europe

 

200

138

338

 

44.1

24.5

9.5

 

Turkey, Muslim countries

 

121

117

238

 

26.7

20.7

6.7

 

Asia

 

42

44

86

 

9.3

7.8

2.4

 

the Americas, Africa, other, unknown

 

39

153

192

 

8.6

27.1

5.4

Employment before first birth**

        
 

Full-time (> 30 h) employment

1916

261

381

2,558

75.5

57.5

67.6

72.0

 

Part-time (≤ 30 h) employment

358

81

94

533

14.1

17.8

16.7

15.0

 

Non-employment

263

112

89

464

10.4

24.7

15.8

13.1

Age at first birth**

        
 

 < 25 years

536

134

212

882

21.1

29.5

37.6

24.8

 

25 to < 30 years

870

126

180

1,176

34.3

27.8

31.9

33.1

 

30 to < 35 years

770

124

134

1,028

30.4

27.3

23.8

28.9

 

 > 35 years

361

70

38

469

14.2

15.4

6.7

13.2

Persons (N)

2537

454

564

3,555

71.4

12.8

15.9

100

Time-varying covariates

        

Education**

        
 

No or lower secondary

9350

3690

4,674

17,714

17.9

40.8

40.0

24.3

 

Middle secondary

22,165

357

3,312

25,834

42.4

3.9

28.4

35.4

 

Upper secondary

9201

2294

1,541

13,036

17.6

25.4

13.2

17.9

 

Tertiary

10,042

2389

1,207

13,638

19.2

26.4

10.3

18.7

 

mv

1481

311

942

2,734

2.8

3.4

8.1

3.7

Union status**

        
 

Married

32,119

7357

8,084

47,560

61.5

81.4

69.2

65.2

 

Cohabitation

14,946

873

2,188

18,007

28.6

9.7

18.7

24.7

 

Single

4769

588

1,173

6,530

9.1

6.5

10.0

9.0

 

mv

405

223

231

859

0.8

2.5

2.0

1.2

Equivalent household income**

        
 

Valid

47,822

7686

10,857

66,365

91.5

85.0

93.0

91.0

 

mv

4417

1355

819

6,591

8.5

15.0

7.0

9.0

Regional childcare provision 0- < 3 years

        
 

0–5%

15,060

3,304

4,251

22,615

28.8

36.5

36.4

31.0

 

6–15%

6860

1,066

2,224

10,150

13.1

11.8

19.0

13.9

 

16–30%

13,947

3,349

3,767

21,063

26.7

37.0

32.3

28.9

 

30 + %

14,889

1,195

1,124

17,208

28.5

13.2

9.6

23.6

 

mv

1483

127

310

1,920

2.8

1.4

2.7

2.6

Regional childcare provision 3–6 years

        
 

0–70%

1704

356

411

2,471

3.3

3.9

3.5

3.4

 

71–80%

3287

624

784

4,695

6.3

6.9

6.7

6.4

 

81–90%

11,911

1,725

2,833

16,469

22.8

19.1

24.3

22.6

 

91–95%

23,397

4,504

4,602

32,503

44.8

49.8

39.4

44.6

 

96 + %

11,940

1,832

3,046

16,818

22.9

20.3

26.1

23.1

Continuous covariate

        

Equivalent household income (mean)

19,369

17,210

15,971

18,563

    

Person months (n)

52,239

9,041

11,676

72,956

71.6

12.4

16.0

100

  1. Italic values indicate sample size and exposure time
  2. Source calculations based on GSOEP, wave 37 (1992–2020)
  3. Note mv = missing values. Results of chi2- or piecewise t-test for group differences by migrant status in dependent variable significant, **p < .01