Journal of Population Sciences
Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the variables included in the models
From: Gendered division of housework and childcare and women’s intention to have a second child in Spain
Variable | % | Variable | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Intention to have a second child in the following 3 years | Mothers’ characteristics | ||
Yes | 44.8% | Type of job | |
No | 55.2% | Full-time | 52.2 |
Housework distribution and satisfaction | Part-time | 20.9 | |
Proportion of housework performed by the mother | Unemployed | 12.1 | |
0–40% | 2.2% | Inactive | 14.8 |
41–60% | 28.9% | University education | |
61–80% | 37.5% | Yes | 37.3 |
81–100% | 31.3% | No | 62.7 |
Mother’s satisfaction with housework distribution | Age | ||
0–6 | 31.5% | < 35 years | 34.6 |
7–8 | 33.7% | 35–39 years | 35.3 |
9 | 8.8% | > 39 years | 30.1 |
10 | 26.0% | Partner’s characteristics | |
Childcare distribution and satisfaction | Type of job | ||
Proportion of childcare performed by the mother | Employed | 76.5 | |
0–40% | 1.8% | Self-employed | 15.4 |
41–60% | 28.8% | Unemployed / inactive | 8.1 |
61–80% | 43.2% | Couple’s characteristics | |
81–100% | 26.2% | Combination of educational attainment | |
Mother’s satisfaction with childcare distribution | Man has higher educational attainment | 15.5 | |
0–6 | 19.1% | Similar educational attainment | 49.4 |
7–8 | 30.4% | Woman has higher educational attainment | 35.1 |
9 | 13.0% | Mothers’ satisfaction with the relationship | |
10 | 37.4% | 0–6 | 6.1 |
Proportion of workload done by other individuals | 7–8 | 22.0 | |
Childcare | 9 | 19.7 | |
0% | 66.3% | 10 | 52.2 |
1–30% | 19.4% | Migrant (either partner) | |
31–100% | 14.4% | Yes | 24.1 |
Housework | No | 75.9 | |
0% | 82.3% | N | 1164 |
1–30% | 10.6% | ||
31–100% | 7.1% | ||
Child characteristics | |||
Youngest child’s age | |||
< 3 years | 37.8% | ||
3–5 years | 24.4% | ||
6–13 years | 37.8% | ||
Presence of partner’s children | |||
Yes | 6.7% | ||
No | 93.3% | ||
N | 1164 | ||