Table 5 Coefficients of Childbearing and Childcare Services Utilization Experience for Women with Children

Panel A. With a child under 1 year old

Having a son

-0.117 (-0.139 to -0.094) ^***

-0.027 (-0.044 to -0.011) ^***

42.53^***

Proportion of reimbursement

of childbirth costs

0.027 (-0.008 to 0.063)

0.009 (-0.015 to 0.033)

0.60

Received free folic acid

-0.004 (-0.023 to 0.014)

0.012 (-0.003 to 0.028)

2.49

Observations

4933

3056

R²

0.201

0.145

Panel B. With a child under 6 years old

Having a son

-0.113 (-0.129 to -0.097) ^***

-0.035 (-0.046 to -0.023) ^***

79.94^***

-0.094 (-0.104 to -0.084) ^***

-0.027 (-0.034 to -0.020) ^***

132.80^***

Actual cost of childcare services

0.013 (-0.017 to 0.042)

-0.012 (-0.043 to 0.019)

1.15

Acceptable cost of childcare services

-0.028 (-0.051 to -0.005) ^***

-0.025 (-0.047 to -0.003) ^***

0.00

Observations

8872

5794

19,872

13,244

R²

0.156

0.110

0.142

0.077