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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 6 Employment status and transition to motherhood, only native women. Cox models, HRs are reported with standard errors in brackets

From: Female employment and first childbirth in Italy: what news?

 

Italy (whole country)

Northern/Central Italy

Southern Italy

HR (std. error)

 

HR (std. error)

 

HR (std. error)

 

Calendar time (ref. before 1980)

      

 1980–1989

0.581 (0.026)

***

0.498 (0.029)

***

0.697 (0.047)

***

 1990–1999

0.391 (0.019)

***

0.345 (0.022)

***

0.450 (0.033)

***

 2000–2009

0.415 (0.021)

***

0.398 (0.027)

***

0.420 (0.033)

***

 2010–2016

0.380 (0.023)

***

0.363 (0.029)

***

0.401 (0.038)

***

Parental education (ref. primary)

      

 Lower secondary

0.880 (0.031)

***

0.897 (0.041)

**

0.854 (0.049)

***

 Upper secondary/tertiary

0.784 (0.035)

***

0.811 (0.044)

***

0.738 (0.056)

***

Area of resid. (ref. North/Centre)

      

 South

1.081 (0.033)

*

    

Ever migrated (ref. no)

      

 Yes

0.887 (0.086)

 

1.047 (0.137)

 

0.762 (0.107)

*

Education (ref. upper secondary)

      

 Still studying

0.315 (0.019)

***

0.308 (0.025)

***

0.338 (0.030)

***

 Up to lower secondary

1.243 (0.042)

***

1.264 (0.056)

***

1.226 (0.066)

***

 Tertiary

1.009 (0.045)

 

0.942 (0.053)

 

1.132 (0.088)

*

Employment (ref. not employed)

      

 Employed

1.020 (0.032)

 

1.042 (0.043)

 

0.988 (0.033)

 
  1. Source: Author’s elaboration on FSS 2016 data
  2. *p < 0.10; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01. Sample sizes: Italy = 8214; Northern/Central Italy = 4861; Southern Italy = 3353