Journal of Population Sciences
Table 3 Reasons for the declining prevalence of grandparents by age, sex and year
From: Grandparents in Italy: trends and changes in the demography of grandparenthood from 1998 to 2016
Grandparents gap in % (2016–1998) | Decline prevalence in grandparenthood due to: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Increased childlessness (%) | Increased children childless (%) | Total (%) | ||
Grandfathers | ||||
50–54 | − 4.2* | 293 | − 193 | 100 |
55–59 | − 7.0* | 108 | − 8 | 100 |
60–64 | − 11.6* | 13 | 87 | 100 |
65–69 | − 7.7* | 15 | 85 | 100 |
70–74 | − 13.0* | 11 | 89 | 100 |
Grandmothers | ||||
50–54 | − 8.6* | 73 | 27 | 100 |
55–59 | − 10.2* | 48 | 52 | 100 |
60–64 | − 9.9* | 12 | 88 | 100 |
65–69 | − 2.4 | − 167 | 267 | 100 |
70–74 | − 1.3 | − 395 | 495 | 100 |