Journal of Population Sciences
Table 4 Descriptive characteristics of grandmothers ≥ 60 years by the presence or absence of limitative health problems (data are expressed as a percentage, except for age)
From: Associations of family and social contact with health among Italian grandparents
No health problems (N = 2220) | Mild health problems (N = 1536) | Severe health problems (N = 868) | Total (N = 4624) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At least weekly contact with grandchildren*** | 82.8 | 78.8 | 74.7 | 80.0 | |
At least weekly contact with children*** | 89.1 | 87.3 | 83.6 | 87.5 | |
At least weekly contact with siblings*** | % no siblings | 17.3 | 24.9 | 26.9 | 21.6 |
% having sibling but less than weekly contacts | 42.2 | 43.8 | 47.1 | 43.7 | |
% at least weekly contacts | 40.5 | 31.3 | 26.0 | 34.7 | |
Social network | % having friends*** | 48.0 | 36.9 | 30.7 | 41.1 |
% having someone living nearby they can count on when in need** | 51.4 | 50.5 | 45.2 | 49.9 | |
Age*** | Median age | 70 | 76 | 79 | 73 |
Education*** | % with a diploma or more | 14.8 | 9.1 | 7.1 | 11.4 |
Region*** | % north | 46.9 | 35.9 | 34.8 | 41.0 |
% centre | 20.4 | 18.0 | 21.8 | 19.8 | |
% south | 32.7 | 46.1 | 43.4 | 39.2 | |
Living arrangements*** | % living alone | 26.7 | 39.3 | 40.0 | 33.4 |
% living with partner | 62.1 | 45.6 | 36.0 | 51.7 | |
% living without a spouse and with other people | 11.2 | 15.1 | 24.0 | 14.9 | |
Work status*** | % in the workforce | 3.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 2.1 |
Subjective financial situation*** | % economic resources of the family are considered at least adequate | 65.4 | 55.5 | 46.7 | 58.6 |