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Table 1 Sample socio-economic and demographic characteristics by survey year and grandparental status. Weighted data, total sample

From: Grandparents in Italy: trends and changes in the demography of grandparenthood from 1998 to 2016

 

Grandparents

Non-grandparents

1998

2003

2009

2016

1998

2003

2009

2016

Sample

9,518

10,274

9,643

6,222

22,070

19,810

18,363

13,414

(%)

(33.3)

(33.2)

(33.1)

(31.5)

(66.7)

(66.8)

(66.9)

(68.5)

% Women

60.4

60.0

60.1

59.5

49.5

49.7

49.4

49.7

Mean age

68.3

69.1

70.1

70.9

50.1

50.2

50.5

52.2

(SD)

(10.1)

(10.2)

(10.5)

(10.7)

(11.8)

(12.1)

(12.0)

(12.6)

Marital status (%)

        

 Never married

0.7

0.4

0.4

0.6

13.3

15.6

18.1

21.7

 Married

68.4

68.2

67.4

66.7

76.5

71.5

67.6

62.1

 Separated

1.6

2.1

3.9

4.1

3.3

5.2

6.6

6.6

 Divorced

1.0

1.3

1.7

2.8

1.6

2.4

2.9

4.4

 Widowed

28.4

28.0

26.6

25.8

5.3

5.4

4.8

5.2

Education level (%)

        

 Tertiary

2.8

2.8

3.7

4.3

9.9

10.8

14.6

16.3

 High sec

8.6

10.0

13.7

17.5

30.7

33.5

37.7

39.3

 Low sec

12.3

16.0

22.0

28.2

28.8

33.3

31.7

32.5

 rimary

51.8

51.9

45.8

41.3

25.7

19.0

13.6

9.7

 No education

24.6

19.4

14.8

8.7

4.9

3.4

2.4

2.2

Working status (%)

        

 Employed

10.9

11.2

10.9

11.6

55.2

58.2

59.4

57.4

 Unemployed

0.5

0.9

1.8

0.9

3.0

3.4

6.1

4.5

 Homemaker

27.6

23.8

25.6

23.4

19.5

17.2

16.4

15.6

 Retired

53.5

57.5

55.7

58.5

19.2

17.9

15.0

17.6

 Other

7.5

6.6

6.1

5.6

3.1

3.3

3.1

5.0

% Having own income

84.4

85.0

84.5

83.9

80.5

82.0

82.5

82.2

% Home ownership

75.5

75.4

77.5

75.8

73.5

74.4

74.1

71.7

Area of residence (%)

        

 North

44.5

44.3

44.1

44.8

48.1

48.3

48.5

47.7

 Centre

21.1

21.0

21.4

19.7

19.6

19.5

19.7

20.6

 South and Islands

34.4

34.7

34.5

35.6

32.3

32.2

31.8

31.7

% Foreign-born

1.5

1.7

n.a

5.6

2.6

4.0

n.a

10.8

Chronic disease

(% at least 1)

17.7

18.2

14.6

13.1

5.7

5.5

4.8

4.7

  1. Source Famiglie e Soggetti Sociali, ISTAT