Table 1 Sample basic characteristics by country (unweighted data from the Familydemic Harmonized Dataset).

From: Familydemic Cross Country and Gender Dataset on work and family outcomes during COVID-19 pandemic

Country

Original sample size of parents

Percent of sample included in harmonised FHD

Ratio of women to men

Age Mean/SD

Number of children Mean/SD

Percent of highly educated

Canada

4,685

95.13%

1.4

38.2 (6.4)

1.93 (0.94)

18.13

Germany

2,445

85.56%

2.43

38.7 (7.1)

1.76 (0.77)

21.28

Italy

3,054

96.76%

1.03

40.8 (10.2)

0.82 (0.95)

17.18

Poland

4,188

84.12%

1.19

40.1 (11.1)

0.79 (0.95)

33.22

Sweden

2,683

98.7%

1.19

39.5 (6.3)

1.96 (0.8)

30.24

US

2,383

96.43%

1.03

35.2 (8.2)

1.96 (1.07)

19.09

  1. Source: own calculations. Notes: original sample size of parents with at least one child under 12 - number of returned questionnaires from parents in each country before any cleaning was performed on the data; highly educated - respondents with Master’s degree or higher.