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Table 6 Logistic regression models for the probability to perform grandparental childcare under different circumstances, by grandmothers’ work history (Having ever worked—no/yes) and macro-areas

From: Work histories and provision of grandparental childcare among Italian older women

 

Parents work

Occasional

Give parents a break

Holiday

Sick grandchild

Emergency

Coef

SE

Coef

SE

Coef

SE

Coef

SE

Coef

SE

Coef

SE

Ever worked (ref. Never worked)

0.37**

0.13

− 0.02

0.13

− 0.27

0.16

− 0.19

0.16

− 0.02

0.15

− 0.13

0.14

Macro-Area (ref. North-West)

0.00

 0.00

0.00

 0.00

0.00

 0.00

0.00

 0.00

0.00

 0.00

0.00

 0.00

North-East

0.15

0.18

0.14

0.18

0.00

0.23

− 0.29

0.24

− 0.01

0.22

0.29

0.19

Center

0.26

0.15

− 0.10

0.15

− 0.11

0.19

− 0.56**

0.21

− 0.21

0.19

− 0.05

0.17

South and Islands

− 0.60***

0.13

− 0.06

0.13

− 0.26

0.16

− 0.32*

0.16

− 0.70***

0.16

− 0.02

0.14

Interaction term

 Worked # North-East

− 0.22

0.19

− 0.07

0.20

0.20

0.25

0.31

0.27

0.22

0.24

− 0.14

0.21

 Worked # Center

− 0.27

0.17

0.06

0.18

0.17

0.22

0.32

0.24

0.20

0.22

0.15

0.19

 Worked # South and Islands

0.10

0.15

0.13

0.15

0.26

0.19

0.47*

0.19

0.28

0.19

0.17

0.16

 Age

0.25**

0.08

0.14

0.08

0.10

0.10

0.19

0.10

0.15

0.10

0.21*

0.08

 Age # Age

0.00***

0.00

0.00*

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00*

0.00

Employment status at interview (ref. employed)

 Not employed

0.59***

0.08

0.11

0.08

0.08

0.10

0.10

0.11

0.34**

0.11

− 0.06

0.09

Educational level (ref. no education)

 Primary

0.37***

0.10

0.13

0.09

0.14

0.13

0.01

0.12

0.14

0.13

− 0.01

0.10

 Lower secondary

0.53***

0.11

0.19

0.10

0.38**

0.14

0.17

0.14

0.24

0.14

0.10

0.11

 Upper secondary and higher

0.54***

0.11

0.14

0.10

0.52***

0.14

0.45**

0.14

0.31*

0.14

0.13

0.11

Birth cohort (ref. 1930–1939)

 1940–1947

0.08

0.07

− 0.08

0.07

0.11

0.10

0.03

0.10

0.11

0.09

0.15

0.08

 1948–1966

0.09

0.09

− 0.13

0.09

− 0.01

0.12

0.06

0.12

0.12

0.11

0.28**

0.10

 Constant

− 8.98***

2.44

− 4.02

2.40

− 4.06

3.12

− 7.64*

3.25

− 6.60*

3.13

− 7.43**

2.63

  1. Full models for Fig. 6. Significance level: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001
  2. Source: Authors’ elaborations on Multipurpose surveys on Families and Social Subjects—ISTAT, 2003, 2009, 2016. N = 7601