Journal of Population Sciences
From: Associations of family and social contact with health among Italian grandparents
Good/very good (N = 1348) | Fair (N = 1296) | Poor/very poor (N = 619) | Total (N = 3263) | ||
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At least weekly contact with grandchildren*** | 84.6 | 80.9 | 75.8 | 81.5 | |
At least weekly contact with children | 88.6 | 87.0 | 85.0 | 87.6 | |
At least weekly contact with siblings*** | % no siblings | 16.1 | 17.6 | 22.9 | 18.0 |
% having sibling but less than weekly contacts | 44.0 | 45.0 | 46.1 | 44.8 | |
% at least weekly contacts | 39.9 | 37.4 | 31.0 | 37.2 | |
Social network | % having friends*** | 52.5 | 45.1 | 36.8 | 46.6 |
% having someone living nearby they can count on in when in need | 50.2 | 48.6 | 46.4 | 48.8 | |
Age*** | Median age | 69 | 74 | 77 | 72 |
Education*** | % with a diploma or higher | 27.7 | 13.9 | 11.2 | 19.1 |
Region*** | % north | 45.3 | 36.6 | 28.3 | 38.6 |
% centre | 21.0 | 19.6 | 18.7 | 20.0 | |
% south | 33.7 | 43.8 | 53.0 | 41.4 | |
Living arrangements*** | % living alone | 9.1 | 10.8 | 15.2 | 10.9 |
% living with partner | 87.8 | 84.4 | 78.5 | 84.7 | |
% living without a spouse and with other people | 3.1 | 4.8 | 6.3 | 4.4 | |
Work status*** | % in the workforce | 13.5 | 6.5 | 3.4 | 8.8 |
Subjective financial situation*** | % economic resources of the family are considered at least adequate | 71.7 | 61.7 | 45.1 | 62.6 |