Long and short run models’ variables
| Variable | Units | Definition | Mean |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short-run model (12,275 parents) | |||
| Household size | individuals | Number of individuals in the household | 3.82 |
| Household children | individuals | Number of children below 15 years old in the household | 1.75 |
| Children under 3 | 0 / 1 | Having children between 0 and 3 years old | 0.310 |
| Couple status | Three categories for the couple | ||
| Non couple | 0 / 1 | Living without a couple | 0.107 |
| Non-working couple | 0 / 1 | Living with a nonworking couple | 0.182 |
| Working couple | 0 / 1 | Living with a working couple | 0.711 |
| Labor force rate | 0 / 1 | Participating in the labor force | 0.898 |
| Work | 0 / 1 | Being employed | 0.799 |
| Full-time | 0 / 1 | Being a full-time worker | 0.857 |
| Hours worked | 0 / 1 | Annual hours worked | 3,665.3 |
| Women | 0 / 1 | If the individual is a mother | 0.5247 |
| Age | Years | Age of the individual | 41.06 |
| Childcare categories | Four categories for childcare | ||
| Childcare restrictions | 0 / 1 | Not using childcare services because they are too expensive or inaccessible | 0.0908 |
| Parents childcare | 0 / 1 | Parents do not need childcare services because they do it | 0.484 |
| Family support | 0 / 1 | Parents do not need childcare services because relatives do it | 0.213 |
| Childcare services | 0 / 1 | Parents use professional childcare services | 0.212 |
| Spanish | 0 / 1 | Having spanish citizenship | 0.908 |
| Education | Level of education | ||
| Primary | 0 / 1 | Primary education | 0.049 |
| Secondary | 0 / 1 | Secondary education | 0.485 |
| Tertiary | 0 / 1 | Tertiary education | 0.407 |
| Post tertiary | 0 / 1 | Post tertiary education | 0.0571 |
| Working flexibility | 0 / 1 | Possibility to adjust the working schedule due to childcare | 0.304 |
| Economic activity | 0 / 1 | Working in agriculture, industry of services | |
| Agriculture | 0 / 1 | Agricultural sector | 0.041 |
| Manufacture | 0 / 1 | Manufacturing sector | 0.146 |
| Service | 0 / 1 | Construction, transport, and services | 0.813 |
| Occupation | 0 / 1 | Occupational categories | |
| Director | 0 / 1 | Directors and managers | 0.059 |
| Scientific | 0 / 1 | Scientific and intellectual professionals | 0.223 |
| Technician | 0 / 1 | Technicians and support professionals | 0.127 |
| Office | 0 / 1 | Office employees | 0.225 |
| Sale | 0 / 1 | Service and sales workers | 0.023 |
| Agricultural | 0 / 1 | Agricultural and fishing workers | 0.133 |
| Craftsmen | 0 / 1 | Craftsmen and workers in manufacturing and construction industries | 0.153 |
| Operator | 0 / 1 | Machine operators and assemblers | 0.049 |
| Army | 0 / 1 | Army occupations | 0.008 |
| Professional situation | 0 / 1 | Professional situation | |
| Employer | 0 / 1 | Entrepreneur with employees | 0.059 |
| Independent | 0 / 1 | Independent workers or entrepreneurs without employees | 0.101 |
| Public | 0 / 1 | Public sector employee | 0.186 |
| Private | 0 / 1 | Private sector employee | 0.652 |
| Another | 0 / 1 | Another situation | 0.002 |
| Long-run model (2,103 female parents) | |||
| Labor force rate | 0 / 1 | Participating in the labor force | 0.795 |
| Work | 0 / 1 | Being employed | 0.709 |
| Full-time | 0 / 1 | Being a full-time worker | 0.825 |
| Hours worked | 0 / 1 | Annual hours worked | 3,243.3 |
| Age | Years | Age of the individual | 52.6 |
| Spanish | 0 / 1 | Having spanish citizenship | 0.975 |
| Education | Level of education | ||
| Primary | 0 / 1 | Primary education | 0.048 |
| Secondary | 0 / 1 | Secondary education | 0.543 |
| Tertiary | 0 / 1 | Tertiary education | 0.361 |
| Post tertiary | 0 / 1 | Post tertiary education | 0.046 |
| Working interruption | Total time of working interruption due to childcare | ||
| less 6 months | 0 / 1 | Less than 6 months | 0.497 |
| 6 months to 1 year | 0 / 1 | More than 6 months and less than 1 year | 0.178 |
| 1 to 2 years | 0 / 1 | More than 1 year and less than 2 years | 0.082 |
| More than 2 years | 0 / 1 | More than 2 years | 0.243 |
| Household size | individuals | Number of individuals in the household | 3.50 |
| Couple status | Three categories for the couple | ||
| Noncouple | 0 / 1 | Living without a couple | 0.275 |
| Nonworking couple | 0 / 1 | Living with a nonworking couple | 0.182 |
| Working couple | 0 / 1 | Living with a working couple | 0.542 |
| Economic activity | 0 / 1 | Working in agriculture, industry of services | |
| Agriculture | 0 / 1 | Agricultural sector | 0.021 |
| Manufacture | 0 / 1 | Manufacturing sector | 0.072 |
| Service | 0 / 1 | Construction, transport, and services | 0.906 |
| Occupation | 0 / 1 | Occupational categories | |
| Director | 0 / 1 | Directors and managers | 0.032 |
| Scientific | 0 / 1 | Scientific and intellectual professionals | 0.254 |
| Technician | 0 / 1 | Technicians and support professionals | 0.199 |
| Office | 0 / 1 | Office employees | 0.281 |
| Sale | 0 / 1 | Service and sales workers | 0.007 |
| Agricultural | 0 / 1 | Agricultural and fishing workers | 0.026 |
| Craftsmen | 0 / 1 | Craftsmen and workers in manufacturing and construction industries | 0.176 |
| Operator | 0 / 1 | Machine operators and assemblers | 0.021 |
| Army | 0 / 1 | Army occupations | 0.000 |
| Professional situation | 0 / 1 | Professional situation | |
| Employer | 0 / 1 | Entrepreneur with employees | 0.037 |
| Independent | 0 / 1 | Independent workers or entrepreneurs without employees | 0.069 |
| Public | 0 / 1 | Public sector employee | 0.376 |
| Private | 0 / 1 | Private sector employee | 0.508 |
| Another | 0 / 1 | Another situation | 0.007 |
| Variable | Units | Definition | Mean |
|---|---|---|---|
| Household size | individuals | Number of individuals in the household | 3.82 |
| Household children | individuals | Number of children below 15 years old in the household | 1.75 |
| Children under 3 | 0 / 1 | Having children between 0 and 3 years old | 0.310 |
| Couple status | Three categories for the couple | ||
| Non couple | 0 / 1 | Living without a couple | 0.107 |
| Non-working couple | 0 / 1 | Living with a nonworking couple | 0.182 |
| Working couple | 0 / 1 | Living with a working couple | 0.711 |
| Labor force rate | 0 / 1 | Participating in the labor force | 0.898 |
| Work | 0 / 1 | Being employed | 0.799 |
| Full-time | 0 / 1 | Being a full-time worker | 0.857 |
| Hours worked | 0 / 1 | Annual hours worked | 3,665.3 |
| Women | 0 / 1 | If the individual is a mother | 0.5247 |
| Age | Years | Age of the individual | 41.06 |
| Childcare categories | Four categories for childcare | ||
| Childcare restrictions | 0 / 1 | Not using childcare services because they are too expensive or inaccessible | 0.0908 |
| Parents childcare | 0 / 1 | Parents do not need childcare services because they do it | 0.484 |
| Family support | 0 / 1 | Parents do not need childcare services because relatives do it | 0.213 |
| Childcare services | 0 / 1 | Parents use professional childcare services | 0.212 |
| Spanish | 0 / 1 | Having spanish citizenship | 0.908 |
| Education | Level of education | ||
| Primary | 0 / 1 | Primary education | 0.049 |
| Secondary | 0 / 1 | Secondary education | 0.485 |
| Tertiary | 0 / 1 | Tertiary education | 0.407 |
| Post tertiary | 0 / 1 | Post tertiary education | 0.0571 |
| Working flexibility | 0 / 1 | Possibility to adjust the working schedule due to childcare | 0.304 |
| Economic activity | 0 / 1 | Working in agriculture, industry of services | |
| Agriculture | 0 / 1 | Agricultural sector | 0.041 |
| Manufacture | 0 / 1 | Manufacturing sector | 0.146 |
| Service | 0 / 1 | Construction, transport, and services | 0.813 |
| Occupation | 0 / 1 | Occupational categories | |
| Director | 0 / 1 | Directors and managers | 0.059 |
| Scientific | 0 / 1 | Scientific and intellectual professionals | 0.223 |
| Technician | 0 / 1 | Technicians and support professionals | 0.127 |
| Office | 0 / 1 | Office employees | 0.225 |
| Sale | 0 / 1 | Service and sales workers | 0.023 |
| Agricultural | 0 / 1 | Agricultural and fishing workers | 0.133 |
| Craftsmen | 0 / 1 | Craftsmen and workers in manufacturing and construction industries | 0.153 |
| Operator | 0 / 1 | Machine operators and assemblers | 0.049 |
| Army | 0 / 1 | Army occupations | 0.008 |
| Professional situation | 0 / 1 | Professional situation | |
| Employer | 0 / 1 | Entrepreneur with employees | 0.059 |
| Independent | 0 / 1 | Independent workers or entrepreneurs without employees | 0.101 |
| Public | 0 / 1 | Public sector employee | 0.186 |
| Private | 0 / 1 | Private sector employee | 0.652 |
| Another | 0 / 1 | Another situation | 0.002 |
| Labor force rate | 0 / 1 | Participating in the labor force | 0.795 |
| Work | 0 / 1 | Being employed | 0.709 |
| Full-time | 0 / 1 | Being a full-time worker | 0.825 |
| Hours worked | 0 / 1 | Annual hours worked | 3,243.3 |
| Age | Years | Age of the individual | 52.6 |
| Spanish | 0 / 1 | Having spanish citizenship | 0.975 |
| Education | Level of education | ||
| Primary | 0 / 1 | Primary education | 0.048 |
| Secondary | 0 / 1 | Secondary education | 0.543 |
| Tertiary | 0 / 1 | Tertiary education | 0.361 |
| Post tertiary | 0 / 1 | Post tertiary education | 0.046 |
| Working interruption | Total time of working interruption due to childcare | ||
| less 6 months | 0 / 1 | Less than 6 months | 0.497 |
| 6 months to 1 year | 0 / 1 | More than 6 months and less than 1 year | 0.178 |
| 1 to 2 years | 0 / 1 | More than 1 year and less than 2 years | 0.082 |
| More than 2 years | 0 / 1 | More than 2 years | 0.243 |
| Household size | individuals | Number of individuals in the household | 3.50 |
| Couple status | Three categories for the couple | ||
| Noncouple | 0 / 1 | Living without a couple | 0.275 |
| Nonworking couple | 0 / 1 | Living with a nonworking couple | 0.182 |
| Working couple | 0 / 1 | Living with a working couple | 0.542 |
| Economic activity | 0 / 1 | Working in agriculture, industry of services | |
| Agriculture | 0 / 1 | Agricultural sector | 0.021 |
| Manufacture | 0 / 1 | Manufacturing sector | 0.072 |
| Service | 0 / 1 | Construction, transport, and services | 0.906 |
| Occupation | 0 / 1 | Occupational categories | |
| Director | 0 / 1 | Directors and managers | 0.032 |
| Scientific | 0 / 1 | Scientific and intellectual professionals | 0.254 |
| Technician | 0 / 1 | Technicians and support professionals | 0.199 |
| Office | 0 / 1 | Office employees | 0.281 |
| Sale | 0 / 1 | Service and sales workers | 0.007 |
| Agricultural | 0 / 1 | Agricultural and fishing workers | 0.026 |
| Craftsmen | 0 / 1 | Craftsmen and workers in manufacturing and construction industries | 0.176 |
| Operator | 0 / 1 | Machine operators and assemblers | 0.021 |
| Army | 0 / 1 | Army occupations | 0.000 |
| Professional situation | 0 / 1 | Professional situation | |
| Employer | 0 / 1 | Entrepreneur with employees | 0.037 |
| Independent | 0 / 1 | Independent workers or entrepreneurs without employees | 0.069 |
| Public | 0 / 1 | Public sector employee | 0.376 |
| Private | 0 / 1 | Private sector employee | 0.508 |
| Another | 0 / 1 | Another situation | 0.007 |
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