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Table 9 Demographic characteristics of two-parent families with at least one child below age 12 in the household in our balanced HOPP sample and in the German Microcensus 2019.

From: Neither backlash nor convergence: dynamics of intra-couple childcare division during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

 

MZ, weighted

HOPP, balanced sample, unweighted

Difference (2)-(1)

Female

0.501 (0.500)

0.550 (0.498)

0.049

 Age 18–29

0.103 (0.303)

0.038 (0.192)

− 0.065***

 Age 30–39

0.492 (0.450)

0.513 (0.500)

0.021

 Age 40–49

0.354 (0.478)

0.376 (0.485)

0.022

 Age 50 + 

0.051 (0.220)

0.073 (0.260)

0.022

Age youngest child in household

4.478 (3.481)

5.202 (3.316)

0.724***

Child aged 0–3 in household

0.473 (0.450)

0.384 (0.487)

− 0.089***

No. children age < 18 in household

1.831 (0.845)

1.748 (0.695)

− 0.083

N (individuals)

60,580

258a

 
  1. Children’s age in HOPP data calculated as of 2020 based on annual year-of birth information
  2. aAge information is only available for N = 234 individuals. The p-value of the two-sample t-test for equal means (Column 3) is indicated as: ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1