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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 2 Grandparents’ family and social network by year. Weighted data, total sample

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

 

Survey year

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

  1. Source Famiglie e Soggetti Sociali, ISTAT
  2. aInformation gathered only from respondents under 69 years old