Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the analytical sample

ECEC 0–2 (usage rate, public)

11.75

11.83

11.85

11.85

12.06

12.86

13.56

14.19

13.75

13.18

13.50

13.45

13.60

14.03

14.68

15.29

15.71

14.97

Public ECEC 0–2 (availability)

10.76

11.08

11.55

12.03

12.46

12.75

13.39

13.64

14.00

Private ECEC 0–2 (availability)

9.23

9.33

9.65

9.85

10.06

10.38

10.49

11.52

11.80

Men

45.91

45.93

46.03

45.96

45.95

45.99

45.95

45.95

45.91

45.88

45.79

45.67

45.60

45.54

45.50

45.37

45.26

45.26

Women

54.09

54.07

53.97

54.04

54.05

54.01

54.05

54.05

54.09

54.12

54.21

54.33

54.40

54.46

54.50

54.63

54.74

54.74

1st birth

7.65

11.16

11.66

12.34

12.61

12.42

12.40

11.83

11.46

11.77

12.21

11.60

10.59

10.49

11.38

12.05

11.09

10.28

2nd birth

6.34

6.31

7.62

7.22

7.46

7.61

6.92

7.30

7.19

7.19

6.95

6.97

7.55

7.07

7.07

7.51

7.35

7.40

3rd + birth

2.18

2.07

2.10

1.80

1.90

1.98

1.90

1.96

1.61

2.19

2.01

1.88

1.73

2.03

1.81

1.70

1.78

2.08

Age

 20–29

9.44

9.78

9.04

8.37

7.93

8.08

7.76

7.66

7.40

7.47

7.22

6.81

6.73

6.71

6.67

6.91

6.99

6.70

 30–34

19.25

19.47

18.95

18.44

18.20

17.76

17.55

16.66

16.12

15.79

15.48

15.17

14.98

15.09

15.10

15.16

15.21

15.25

 35–39

25.09

24.93

24.73

24.70

24.32

24.09

23.96

23.81

23.77

23.41

23.32

23.13

22.57

22.16

21.92

21.53

21.37

21.46

 40–44

23.95

23.97

24.93

25.67

26.19

26.13

26.18

26.40

26.48

26.41

26.47

26.79

27.19

27.40

27.42

27.18

26.96

26.38

 45–49

22.27

21.85

22.36

22.82

23.37

23.94

24.55

25.47

26.22

26.92

27.51

28.09

28.53

28.64

28.89

29.22

29.47

30.21

Level of education

 Lower secondary

50.03

48.75

46.67

45.78

45.02

43.73

43.12

42.22

41.34

40.25

39.27

38.07

37.05

36.76

35.79

34.53

33.72

33.22

 Upper secondary

40.15

40.81

41.85

42.25

42.52

42.80

43.16

43.60

44.02

44.36

44.60

45.08

44.96

44.61

44.36

44.48

44.51

44.69

 Third level

9.82

10.44

11.49

11.97

12.46

13.47

13.72

14.18

14.64

15.39

16.14

16.85

17.99

18.63

19.84

20.99

21.76

22.09

Employed in the previous year

70.08

72.33

72.22

72.66

72.61

73.08

72.66

71.59

70.97

71.29

70.66

69.68

69.52

69.54

70.61

71.04

71.52

71.87

Immigrant background

0.00

0.00

8.61

9.41

10.12

12.37

13.41

14.61

15.25

16.05

16.93

17.87

18.74

19.53

19.61

19.99

20.42

21.05

Married

94.97

92.76

91.93

91.86

91.76

90.78

89.91

89.30

88.31

87.13

86.90

86.08

84.79

83.87

83.05

81.53

80.43

79.35

N

40,827

39,595

160,006

151,568

147,476

145,365

139,351

137,725

133,171

121,051

117,615

112,321

108,042

103,127

101,204

98,322

93,886

84,944