Demographic and social characteristics of the women by employment status 12 months after the birth
| Unemployed women (n=94) | Employed women (n=426) | Housewives (n=112) | ||
| Age at delivery (y) | ||||
| under 25 | 39.4 | 18.5 | 26.8 | |
| 25–29 | 36.2 | 51.4 | 43.8 | p<0.001 |
| 30–34 | 21.3 | 24.6 | 17.9 | |
| 35 or over | 3.2 | 5.4 | 11.6 | |
| Educational level | ||||
| low | 29.8 | 14.6 | 31.2 | |
| intermediate | 42.6 | 36.2 | 39.3 | p<0.001 |
| high | 27.7 | 49.3 | 29.5 | |
| Parity | ||||
| first child | 57.4 | 56.3 | 41.1 | |
| second child | 42.6 | 43.7 | 58.9 | p<0.02 |
| Marital status2-150 | ||||
| married | 54.3 | 63.6 | 76.4 | |
| cohabiting | 38.3 | 33.1 | 19.1 | p<0.01 |
| lone mother | 7.4 | 3.3 | 4.6 | |
| Partner unemployed2-150 † | 9.2 | 5.4 | 7.8 | NS |
| Current or last women' occupation | ||||
| professional | 2.1 | 17.8 | 5.4 | |
| intermediate | 17.0 | 29.6 | 17.0 | |
| clerk | 29.8 | 30.8 | 25.0 | p<0.001 |
| service worker | 31.9 | 13.8 | 29.5 | |
| manual worker | 9.6 | 6.1 | 6.2 | |
| other or non-specified | 9.6 | 1.9 | 17.0 | |
↵2-150 Data collected 12 months after birth. †Only for married or cohabiting women. Data shown as percentages.