Journal of Population Sciences
Table 7 Grandmothers’ and grandfathers’ family and social network by year. Weighted data
From: Grandparents in Italy: trends and changes in the demography of grandparenthood from 1998 to 2016
Grandmothers | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1998 | 2003 | 2009 | 2016 | |||||
Mean number of children (SD) | 2.7 | (1.5) | 2.6 | (1.4) | 2.5 | (1.3) | 3.2 | (2.4) |
Mean number of grandchildren (SD) | 3.7 | (3.5) | 3.4 | (2.9) | 3.3 | (2.8) | 2.4 | (1.3) |
% Having up to 3 grandchildren | 63.1 | 64.4 | 66.7 | 66.9 | ||||
% Co-residence with (at least) 1 grandchild | 9.1 | 8.1 | 6.6 | 8.6 | ||||
% Co-residence with (at least) 1 child | 39.7 | 36.9 | 31.1 | 36.0 | ||||
% At least 1 parent aliveª | 29.3 | 28.6 | 33.5 | 34.8 | ||||
% Co-residence with at least 1 parentª | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.4 | ||||
% Having neighbours to rely on | 53.4 | 49.7 | 50.1 | 48.4 | ||||
% Having friends to rely on | 36.8 | 40.0 | 42.6 | 42.7 | ||||
% Other relatives to rely on | 30.4 | 34.2 | 35.6 | 37.7 | ||||
Grandfathers | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1998 | 2003 | 2009 | 2016 | |||||
Mean number of children (SD) | 2.6 | (1.4) | 2.6 | (1.3) | 2.4 | (1.1) | 3.0 | (2.1) |
Mean number of grandchildren (SD) | 3.2 | (2.9) | 3.2 | (2.7) | 3.0 | (2.4) | 2.4 | (1.0) |
% Having up to 3 grandchildren | 69.0 | 68.1 | 71.3 | 70.6 | ||||
% Co-residence with (at least) 1 grandchild | 5.6 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 6.1 | ||||
% Co-residence with (at least) 1 child | 40.2 | 36.8 | 31.9 | 31.5 | ||||
% At least 1 parent aliveª | 25.2 | 25.1 | 27.4 | 33.2 | ||||
% Co-residence with at least 1 parentª | 9.7 | 6.9 | 5.7 | 4.1 | ||||
% Having neighbours to rely on | 51.9 | 47.5 | 47.5 | 49.5 | ||||
% Having friends to rely on | 41.0 | 43.1 | 47.6 | 46.9 | ||||
% Other relatives to rely on | 30.0 | 34.4 | 34.1 | 33.8 | ||||