Perceived accessibility of childcare in Europe: a cross-country multilevel study

International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of micro-level variables (EQLS 2012 weighted, n = 7213)

	Mean or %	St. Dev.	Min	Max
*Dependent variable*
Perceived accessibility index	0.94	2.37	− 4	4
*Level-1 control variables*
Continuous variables
Age of the respondent	43.09	15.51	18	95
Categorical variables
Gender
Male	43.7
Female	56.3
Employment status
Not at work	40.2
At work	59.8
Education level
Secondary or lower	66.4
Post-secondary	33.6
Income self-assessment
Worse than average	18.6
Average	50.6
Better than average	30.9
Urbanisation
Countryside or village	42.8
Town or city	57.2
Marital/partnership status
Non-partnered	32.0
Married or partnered	68.0
Childcare use
Only outside the household	52.7
In the household	47.3