Work histories and provision of grandparental childcare among Italian older women

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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 2 Descriptive statistics, by employment history, absolute and percentage values (unweighted data)

	Never worked 18–49		Ever worked 18–49		Total
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Care when parents work (Yes)	787	30.6	2069	41.1	2856	37.6
Occasional Care (Yes)	903	35.2	1821	36.2	2724	35.8
Give parents a break (Yes)	412	16.0	832	16.5	1244	16.4
Holiday (Yes)	348	13.6	800	15.9	1148	15.1
Sick grandchild (Yes)	358	13.9	940	18.7	1298	17.1
Emergency (Yes)	667	26.0	1317	26.2	1984	26.1
Percentage of life worked
Never worked	2568	100.0	n.a	n.a	2568	33.8
1–25%	n.a	n.a	1049	20.8	1049	13.8
26–50%	n.a	n.a	925	18.4	925	12.2
51–75%	n.a	n.a	1037	20.6	1037	13.6
76–100%	n.a	n.a	2022	40.2	2022	26.6
Interruptions for family reasons
Never worked	2568	100.0	n.a	n.a	2568	33.8
Short interruptions for family reasons	n.a	n.a	527	10.5	527	6.9
Long interruptions for family reasons	n.a	n.a	1171	23.3	1171	15.4
No interruptions for family reasons	n.a	n.a	3335	66.6	3335	43.9
Macro-area of residence
North-West	345	13.4	1248	24.8	1593	20.9
North-East	222	8.6	1383	27.5	1605	21.1
Center	430	16.7	1020	20.8	1450	19.1
South and Islands	1571	61.2	1382	27.5	2953	38.8
Employment status at interview
Not employed (vs employed)	2537	98.8	4086	81.2	6623	87.1
Educational level
No education	343	13.4	377	7.5	720	9.5
Primary	1436	55.9	2291	45.5	3727	49.0
Lower secondary	578	22.5	1168	23.2	1746	22.9
Upper secondary and higher	211	8.2	1197	23.8	1408	18.5
Birth cohort
1930–1939	784	30.5	1350	26.8	2134	28.1
1940–1947	900	35.1	1887	37.5	2787	36.7
1948–1966	884	34.4	1796	35.7	2680	35.3
Age (mean, SD)	63.3	6.5	63.2	6.3	63.23	6.4
N	2568	33.8	5033	66.2	7601	100.0

Source: Authors’ elaborations on Multipurpose surveys on Families and Social Subjects—ISTAT, 2003, 2009, 2016. N = 7601