Appendices

Appendix 2A.1. Results of factor analysis of family indicators in Latin America, 2000

			Factor Loads
			Factor 1	Factor 2	Factor 3	Factor 4
Indicators contributing to:
	Factor 1: Early transitions
		% women 15–19 in union	0.89	0.06	0.27	0.02
		% women 15–19 with children	0.85	0.18	0.30	0.00
		% women 15–44 in union	0.74	−0.48	0.01	−0.22
		% women 15–19 not in union and without children	−0.87	−0.14	−0.29	0.00
	Factor 2: Household complexity
		% extended households	0.15	0.88	0.13	−0.32
		% children 0–4 whose father/mother is not the household head	−0.12	0.85	0.30	−0.11
		% children 0–4 in nuclear households	0.01	−0.84	−0.34	0.35
	Factor 3: Cohabitation vs. marriage
		% cohabitation among mothers 15–44	0.28	0.19	0.89	−0.12
		% cohabitation among women 15–44	0.24	0.29	0.89	−0.16
		% cohabitation among women 25–29	0.12	0.20	0.92	−0.19
	Factor 4: Female household heads not in union
		% female household heads not in union and with children	0.03	−0.18	−0.14	0.93
		% female household heads in union	0.04	0.24	0.19	−0.90
	No Factor
		% childless among women 45–49	−0.49	−0.05	0.25	0.39
		% of single and childless among women 45–49	−0.56	0.02	−0.16	0.64
		% nuclear households	0.14	−0.61	−0.45	0.55
		% household heads among women	−0.62	0.41	0.42	−0.28
		% of female heads with children	0.56	0.69	−0.09	−0.05
		% separated/divorced among women 15 or over	0.03	0.47	0.35	0.28

Source: Authors’ calculations based on IPUMS international microdata.

Census round/Partnership status	Mexico				Colombia				Brazil
Census round/Partnership status	Single	Cohabiting	Married	Total	Single	Cohabiting	Married	Total	Single	Cohabiting	Married	Total
1970s
Primary or lower	4.7	61.5	11.1	77.3	10.8	50.1	12.9	73.8
Secondary completed	3.5	56.4	2.1	62.0	2.6	47.0	0.6	50.2
University completed	1.3	41.2	4.6	47.1	1.0	33.2	0.2	34.4
1980s
Primary or lower					13.2	40.8	25.0	79.0
Secondary completed					8.9	40.3	7.0	56.2
University completed					5.3	29.1	1.6	36.0
1990s
Primary or lower	6.2	61.7	12.5	80.4	14.6	29.1	36.2	79.9	9.8	49.6	16.2	75.6
Secondary completed	6.6	50.2	3.9	60.7	9.6	29.2	12.2	51.0	7.0	39.6	5.1	51.7
University completed	4.1	36.3	1.8	42.2	8.0	20.0	10.0	38.0	3.7	29.2	2.3	35.2
2000s
Primary or lower	9.2	53.5	18.3	81.0	19.8	16.0	49.0	84.8	14.9	36.6	29.6	81.1
Secondary completed	8.3	46.4	7.4	62.1	20.0	18.8	27.0	65.8	10.5	29.4	10.4	50.3
University completed	4.6	27.7	2.4	34.7	9.8	15.0	8.7	33.5	5.1	18.8	3.5	27.4
2010s
Primary or lower	12.8	40.8	28.6	82.2					17.4	23.4	38.3	79.1
Secondary completed	13.0	35.0	15.0	63.0					12.8	23.0	18.5	54.3
University completed	6.7	20.2	5.9	32.8					5.4	13.8	4.7	23.9

Source: Authors’ calculations based on IPUMS international microdata.

Census round/Motherhood status	Mexico			Colombia			Brazil
Census round/Motherhood status	Mother	Childless	Total	Mother	Childless	Total	Mother	Childless	Total
1970s
Primary or lower	5.1	10.5	15.5	6.2	24.7	30.9
Secondary completed	5.8	10.3	16.1	10.7	11.5	22.2
University completed	8.3	7.5	15.8	8.2	5	13.2
1980s
Primary or lower				5.7	27.3	33
Secondary completed				13.1	21	34.2
University completed				15.1	10.6	25.6
1990s
Primary or lower	4.8	15	19.8	4.6	28	32.6	6.8	17.5	24.3
Secondary completed	10.9	14.2	25.1	12	21.9	34.6	13.6	12.2	25.7
University completed	14.5	9.1	23.6	15.3	19.5	34.8	12.4	5.6	18
2000s
Primary or lower	6.8	22	28.9	4.8	24.4	29.3	6.3	18.8	25.2
Secondary completed	12.4	19	31.4	12.3	25.4	37.7	14.7	13.6	28.3
University completed	16.9	10.4	27.3	19.9	13.7	33.6	13.7	5.9	19.6
2010s
Primary or lower	6.7	28.7	35.4				7.3	20	27.3
Secondary completed	12.1	26.3	38.4				13.4	16.3	29.7
University completed	17.2	13.8	31.1				15.5	6.7	22.2

Source: Authors’ calculations based on IPUMS international microdata.

Census round/Partnership–Motherhood status	Mexico					Colombia					Brazil
Census round/Partnership–Motherhood status	Mother not in union	Childless not in union	Childless in union	Mother in union	Total	Mother not in union	Childless not in union	Childless in union	Mother in union	Total	Mother not in union	Childless not in union	Childless in union	Mother in union	Total
1970s
Primary or lower	1	10.7	0	0.4	12.1	1.1	19.2	0.1	3.5	23.9
Secondary completed	4.1	9.5	0.5	0.9	15.0	4.4	15.4	0.2	1.1	21.0
University completed	6.2	6.9	0	0	13.1	8.8	9.4	0	0.3	18.5
1980s
Primary or lower						0.8	14.7	0.1	2.1	17.6
Secondary completed						2.5	13.8	0.1	1.5	17.9
University completed						5.6	14.6	0.1	2	17.7
1990s
Primary or lower	0.6	11.4	0	1.2	13.3	0.6	17.1	0.1	2.6	20.3	1	11.5	0	0.9	13.4
Secondary completed	2.2	12.8	0.1	0.8	15.9	2.3	16.9	0.1	2	21.3	3.8	10.9	0.1	1.1	15.9
University completed	4.4	12.6	0.1	0.8	18.0	5.5	18.7	0.2	2.3	26.7	7.6	10.7	0.4	1.2	19.9
2000s
Primary or lower	0.6	12.6	0.1	2.6	15.9	1.1	18.5	0.2	3.4	23.2	1.1	14.3	0.2	4.2	19.8
Secondary completed	1.7	12.3	0.2	1.9	16.0	2.7	18.2	0.2	2.7	23.8	3.6	13.3	0.5	4.1	21.5
University completed	3.6	11	0.3	1.9	16.9	6.1	15.9	0.4	2.6	25.1	7.4	11.9	1.1	4.3	24.6
2010s
Primary or lower	0.6	13	0.1	3.4	17.1						1.5	14.9	1	15.8	33.2
Secondary completed	1.6	12.6	0.3	3.1	17.5						3.5	13.5	1.6	13.9	32.5
University completed	4.4	11.3	0.7	3.1	19.4						7	10.6	2.9	13.1	33.7

Source: Authors’ calculations based on IPUMS international microdata.