Journal of Population Sciences
From: Grandparents in Italy: trends and changes in the demography of grandparenthood from 1998 to 2016
Survey year | ||||||||
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1998 | 2003 | 2009 | 2016 | |||||
Mean number of children (SD) | 2.7 | (1.5) | 2.6 | (1.4) | 2.5 | (1.2) | 2.4 | (1.1) |
Mean number of grandchildren (SD) | 3.5 | (3.3) | 3.3 | (2.9) | 3.2 | (2.6) | 3.1 | (2.3) |
% Having up to 3 grandchildren | 65.4 | 65.9 | 68.5 | 68.4 | ||||
% Co-residence with (at least) 1 grandchild | 7.7 | 7.1 | 5.8 | 7.6 | ||||
% Co-residence with (at least) 1 child | 39.9 | 36.9 | 31.5 | 34.3 | ||||
% At least 1 parent aliveª | 27.7 | 27.2 | 31.1 | 34.2 | ||||
% Co-residence with at least 1 parentª | 7.4 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 4.9 | ||||
% Having neighbours to rely on | 52.8 | 48.8 | 49.1 | 48.8 | ||||
% Having friends to rely on | 38.5 | 41.3 | 44.6 | 44.4 | ||||
% Other relatives to rely on | 30.3 | 34.3 | 35.0 | 36.1 |