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Table 4 Logistic regression models for the probability to perform grandparental childcare under different circumstances, by grandmothers’ work history: Percentage of adult life (18–49) worked

From: Work histories and provision of grandparental childcare among Italian older women

 

Parents work

Occasional

Give parents a break

Holiday

Sick grandchild

Emergency

Coef

SE

Coef

SE

Coef

SE

Coef

SE

Coef

SE

Coef

SE

Percentage Life worked (ref. Never worked)

 1–25%

0.26***

0.08

0.07

0.08

− 0.24*

0.11

0.11

0.11

0.14

0.10

− 0.12

0.09

 26–50%

0.35***

0.08

0.10

0.08

− 0.03

0.11

0.08

0.11

0.19

0.11

0.03

0.09

 51–75%

0.32***

0.08

0.05

0.08

0.01

0.10

0.20

0.11

0.29**

0.10

0.02

0.09

 76–100%

0.35***

0.07

0.00

0.07

− 0.07

0.09

0.16

0.09

0.11

0.09

− 0.05

0.08

 Age

0.25**

0.08

0.14

0.08

0.10

0.10

0.20

0.10

0.16

0.10

0.20*

0.08

 Age # Age

0.00***

0.00

0.00*

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00*

0.00

Macro-Area (ref. North-West)

 North-East

− 0.03

0.07

0.08

0.07

0.16

0.09

− 0.04

0.10

0.16

0.09

0.17*

0.08

 Center

0.07

0.07

− 0.05

0.08

0.02

0.10

− 0.31**

0.11

− 0.06

0.09

0.06

0.08

 South and Islands

− 0.56***

0.07

0.02

0.07

-0.08

0.09

0.01

0.09

− 0.50***

0.09

0.09

0.08

Employment status at interview (ref. employed)

 Not employed

0.60***

0.08

0.09

0.08

0.10

0.10

0.10

0.11

0.33**

0.11

− 0.05

0.09

Educational level (ref. no education)

 Primary

0.38***

0.10

0.13

0.09

0.14

0.13

0.02

0.12

0.13

0.13

− 0.01

0.10

 Lower secondary

0.54***

0.11

0.19

0.10

0.38**

0.14

0.17

0.14

0.23

0.14

0.09

0.11

 Upper secondary and higher

0.56***

0.11

0.15

0.10

0.51***

0.14

0.45**

0.14

0.30*

0.14

0.13

0.11

Birth cohort (ref. 1930–1939)

 1940–1947

0.07

0.07

− 0.08

0.07

0.11

0.10

0.03

0.10

0.11

0.09

0.15

0.08

 1948–1966

0.09

0.09

− 0.13

0.09

− 0.01

0.12

0.05

0.12

0.12

0.11

0.28**

0.10

 Constant

− 8.96***

2.43

− 4.16

2.39

− 4.28

3.12

− 8.11*

3.24

− 6.99*

3.12

− 7.44**

2.62

  1. Full models for Fig. 4. Significance level: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
  2. Source: Authors’ elaborations on Multipurpose surveys on Families and Social Subjects—ISTAT, 2003, 2009, 2016. N = 7601