Table 1 Characteristics of 242 female child day care workers in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, compared with 298 women of the Amsterdam population (2004)
Characteristics | N | % | Child Day Care Workers | Population sample | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | p value | |||
Total | 540 | 242 | 44.8% | 298 | 55.2% | ||
Age | |||||||
Median age in years | 32 (IQR 25–39) | 29 (IQR 24–35) | 35 (IQR 28–40) | < 0.001 | |||
Age (in years) | < 0.001 | ||||||
<20 | 23 | 4.3 % | 11 | 4.6 % | 12 | 4.0 % | |
20–24 | 92 | 17.0 % | 51 | 21.1 % | 39 | 13.1 % | |
25–29 | 107 | 19.8 % | 69 | 28.5 % | 40 | 13.4 % | |
30–34 | 90 | 16.7 % | 48 | 19.8 % | 42 | 14.1 % | |
35–39 | 108 | 20.0 % | 30 | 12.4 % | 78 | 26.2 % | |
40–44 | 120 | 22.2 % | 33 | 13.6 % | 87 | 29.2 % | |
Country of birth | < 0.001 | ||||||
The Netherlands | 294 | 54.4 % | 176 | 72.7 % | 118 | 39.6 % | |
Other European countries | 25 | 4.6 % | 11 | 4.6 % | 14 | 4.7 % | |
Suriname and Dutch Antilles | 37 | 6.9 % | 26 | 10.7 % | 11 | 3.7 % | |
Turkey | 90 | 16.7 % | 5 | 2.1 % | 85 | 28.5 % | |
Morocco | 66 | 12.2 % | 15 | 6.2 % | 51 | 17.1 % | |
Other countries | 28 | 5.2 % | 9 | 3.7 % | 19 | 6.4 % | |
Country of birth by continent | < 0.001 | ||||||
The Netherlands & Other European countries | 319 | 59.1 % | 187 | 77.3 % | 132 | 44.3 % | |
Non-European countries* | 221 | 40.9 % | 55 | 22.7 % | 166 | 55.7 % | |
Age at immigration | < 0.001 | ||||||
0–17 years | 97 | 40.9 % | 27 | 44.3 % | 70 | 39.6 % | |
18 and older | 140 | 59.1 % | 34 | 55.7 % | 107 | 60.5 % | |
Data missing | 9 | – | 5 | – | 4 | – | |
Not applicable (born in the Netherlands) | 294 | – | 176 | – | 118 | – | |
Having children | < 0.001 | ||||||
Yes | 293 | 62.2 % | 101 | 41.7 % | 192 | 84.2 % | |
No | 177 | 37.8 % | 141 | 58.3 % | 36 | 15.8 % | |
Data missing | 70 | – | 0 | – | 70 | – | |
Number of children | < 0.001 | ||||||
0 | 177 | 32.8 % | 141 | 58.3 % | 36 | 12.1 % | |
1 | 104 | 19.3 % | 46 | 19.0 % | 58 | 19.5 % | |
2 | 113 | 20.9 % | 35 | 14.5 % | 78 | 26.2 % | |
3 | 76 | 14.1 % | 20 | 8.3 % | 56 | 18.8 % | |
Data missing | 70 | 13.0 % | 0 | 0 % | 70 | 23.5 % | |