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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 5 Multinomial regression on type of childcare: relative risk ratios (reference daycare)

From: Childcare in Italy among migrants and natives: who uses which type and why?

 

Informal

Other paid

 

RRR

P > z

RRR

P > z

Mother’s migrant background (ref Italian-born)

    

 1.5 Gen

0.538

0.000

0.419

0.692

 1st Gen

0.384

0.000

0.317

0.464

Italian geographical context (ref Northwest)

    

 Northeast

0.864

0.006

0.779

0.958

 Centre

0.858

0.008

0.768

0.960

 South

1.369

0.000

1.226

1.528

 Island

0.787

0.001

0.685

0.905

Mother’s age (ref up to 24)

    

 25–29

0.839

0.078

0.691

1.020

 30–34

0.755

0.004

0.624

0.912

 35–39

0.648

0.000

0.535

0.785

 40 or over

0.460

0.000

0.376

0.562

Mother’s education (ref post-secondary)

    

 Upper secondary

1.436

0.000

1.324

1.558

 Lower secondary

1.908

0.000

1.678

2.170

Mother’s labour market participation (ref employed)

    

 Other

0.455

0.000

0.331

0.626

 Unemployed

0.729

0.000

0.633

0.840

 Housewife

1.104

0.110

0.978

1.246

 Student

0.488

0.000

0.359

0.664

Poverty risk (ref no)

    

 Other

1.126

0.369

0.869

1.458

 Yes

0.946

0.227

0.866

1.035

Family type (ref married)

    

 Partnership

0.885

0.033

0.791

0.990

 Single

0.754

0.010

0.609

0.935

Cohabitant grandparents (ref no)

    

 Yes

1.498

0.000

1.274

1.761

Number of previous children (ref 0)

    

 1

0.980

0.626

0.901

1.065

 2

0.886

0.082

0.773

1.016

 3 or more

1.023

0.866

0.788

1.328

Father’s migrant background (ref Italian-born)

    

 No info

0.535

0.001

0.376

0.761

 Migrant-born

0.737

0.000

0.625

0.870

Delivery type (ref singleton)

    

 Twin

0.731

0.007

0.582

0.918

 Constant

2.015

0.000

1.640

2.475

  1. Data: Birth Sample Survey/Indagine campionaria sulle nascite e le madri 2012
  2. Own elaboration. Number of observations 13,434