Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of the Chinese sample
| Meana | SDb | Rangeb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grandparent level | |||
| Grandmother | 49% | ||
| Partner in household | 60% | ||
| Educated | 23% | ||
| Health | 2.09 | 0.86 | 1–4 |
| Number of children | 3.06 | 1.42 | 1–8 |
| Age (years) | 69.61 | 6.54 | 58–89 |
| No. grandparents | 1361 | ||
| Child level | |||
| Daughter | 46% | ||
| Partner in household | 97% | ||
| Distance from grandparent | |||
| Same household | 6% | ||
| Same village (Ref.) | 28% | ||
| Same township | 15% | ||
| Same county | 14% | ||
| Same city | 1% | ||
| Same province | 7% | ||
| Outside the province | 30% | ||
| Age (years) | 36.21 | 5.61 | 21–61 |
| Age youngest grandchild (years) | 8.71 | 4.02 | 0–16 |
| Number of grandchildren | 1.78 | 0.82 | 1–12 |
| Emotional support to grandparent | 2.52 | 0.62 | 1–3 |
| Instrumental support to grandparent | 3.77 | 1.63 | 1–10 |
| Grandparental childcare provisioning | |||
| Never | 65% | ||
| Less than once a month | 8% | ||
| Every month or so | 1% | ||
| Several times per month | 3% | ||
| At least once per week | 4% | ||
| Daily, or more often, but not all day | 12% | ||
| Full-day custody | 7% | ||
| No. children | 4026 |
a
Percentage shown if variable is dichotomous.
b
Not shown if variable is dichotomous.