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Table 6 Socio-economic and demographic characteristics by survey year and grandparental status. Weighted data, women

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

5,608

6,155

5,788

3,595

10,691

9,884

9,130

6,603

(%)

(37.9)

(37.5)

(37.5)

(35.5)

(62.1)

(62.5)

(62.5)

(64.5)

Mean age

68.3

68.9

70.1

70.7

50.6

50.6

50.7

52.5

(SD)

(10.7)

(10.7)

(10.9)

(11.1)

(12.6)

(12.8)

(12.7)

(13.2)

Marital status (%)

        

 Never married

1.0

0.5

0.6

0.9

13.0

14.5

15.8

19.1

 Married

56.3

56.8

56.0

55.8

72.7

68.6

65.6

61.2

 Separated

1.4

2.1

4.0

4.0

3.6

5.3

7.0

6.4

 Divorced

1.3

1.5

1.9

2.9

1.8

2.9

3.5

5.0

 Widowed

40.1

39.2

37.5

36.4

8.9

8.8

8.1

8.3

Education level (%)

        

 Tertiary

1.8

2.0

2.7

4.1

9.0

10.6

15.7

17.4

 High sec

7.2

8.7

11.6

15.5

29.3

33.5

37.4

39.4

 Low sec

10.3

13.9

19.1

25.5

26.5

30.8

28.8

29.6

 Primary

51.9

52.6

48.8

44.2

28.7

20.8

14.9

11.0

 No education

28.8

22.8

17.9

10.8

6.5

4.4

3.2

2.6

Working status (%)

        

 Employed

6.2

7.9

6.8

9.2

38.8

44.2

45.5

47.0

 Unemployed

0.2

0.5

1.5

0.6

2.2

2.8

5.9

3.4

 Homemaker

45.7

39.6

42.6

38.8

39.3

34.6

33.1

30.9

 Retired

38.3

43.6

42.4

45.5

16.6

14.9

12.3

15.1

 Other

9.7

8.4

6.8

5.9

3.1

3.5

3.1

3.6

% Having own income

75.0

76.1

75.6

74.5

64.1

67.3

69.4

70.6

Area of residence (%)

        

 North

45.5

45.2

44.5

44.7

48.0

47.8

48.0

47.6

 Centre

20.9

21.1

21.6

20.4

19.7

19.7

19.7

20.5

 South and Islands

33.5

33.7

33.9

34.9

32.4

32.6

32.3

31.9

% Home ownership

73.6

73.7

76.1

74.8

73.7

74.5

73.9

71.8

% Foreign-born

1.7

2.0

n.a

6.2

3.2

4.3

n.a

12.1

Chronic disease

(% at least 1)

19.4

16.7

15.6

13.8

6.8

6.4

5.1

5.1

  1. Source: Famiglie e Soggetti Sociali, ISTAT
  2. n.a. not available information