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A Systems View Across Time and Space

Table 3 Number of children and exit from business ownership among parents

From: Entrepreneurship among parents

Number of children

Mothers (n = 4473)

Fathers (n = 23,354)

Total (n = 28,127)

Persisting entrepreneurs

Discouraged entrepreneurs

Persisting entrepreneurs

Discouraged entrepreneurs

Persisting entrepreneurs

Discouraged entrepreneurs

0

66.9%

33.1%

77.7%

23.3%

74.6%

25.4%

1

73.8%

26.2%

79.0%

21.0%

78.1%

21.9%

2

74.6%

25.4%

80.6%

19.4%

79.6%

20.4%

3

75.0%

25.0%

79.5%

20.5%

78.8%

21.2%

4

72.2%

25.8%

77.4%

22.6%

76.4%

23.6%

Total

73.6%

26.4%

80.7%

19.3%

78.6%

21.4%

Chi-square

13.9**

13.5**

28.1***

  1. **p ≤ .01; ***p ≤ .001