Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for transfer patterns between respondents aged 20–60 and their parents in 2008
| Mean (std. dev.) | Females | Males | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mother | Father | Mother | Father | Mother | Father | |
| Parent Survival and Health | ||||||
| Mother/father is alive | 0.64 | 0.46 | 0.63 | 0.45 | 0.63 | 0.45 |
| If mother/father is alive: | ||||||
| Mean age of mother/father | 59.5 (13.1) | 63.4 (12.6) | 59.0 (13.8) | 63.9 (12.4) | 59.3 (13.4) | 63.6 (12.5) |
| Age diff. between mother/father and respondent | 26.1 (9.75) | 31.9 (10.3) | 24.9 (10.3) | 31.8 (9.99) | 25.6 (9.99) | 31.8 (10.1) |
| Mother/father is in excellent health | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.16 |
| Mother/father is in very poor/poor/good health | 0.57 | 0.52 | 0.57 | 0.51 | 0.57 | 0.52 |
| Transfers to or from living parents during past 2 years | ||||||
| R has given money or financial assistance | ||||||
| No | 0.24 | 0.43 | 0.14 | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0.34 |
| Yes, a little | 0.36 | 0.30 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.32 | 0.29 |
| Yes, some | 0.28 | 0.20 | 0.35 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.25 |
| yes, a lot | 0.12 | 0.07 | 0.24 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.12 |
| R has given non-financial help | ||||||
| No | 0.11 | 0.28 | 0.12 | 0.21 | 0.12 | 0.25 |
| Yes, once | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
| Yes, several times per year | 0.45 | 0.39 | 0.51 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.43 |
| Yes, at least once per month | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.11 |
| Yes, at least once per week | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.13 | 0.08 |
| Yes, daily | 0.10 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.05 |
| R has received money or financial assistance | ||||||
| No | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.50 | 0.53 | 0.51 |
| Yes, a little | 0.27 | 0.22 | 0.25 | 0.19 | 0.26 | 0.21 |
| Yes, some | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.16 |
| yes, a lot | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.08 | 0.12 |
| R has received non-financial help | ||||||
| No | 0.34 | 0.56 | 0.29 | 0.46 | 0.32 | 0.52 |
| Yes, once | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.08 |
| Yes, several times per year | 0.36 | 0.25 | 0.37 | 0.30 | 0.36 | 0.27 |
| Yes, at least once per month | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.06 |
| Yes, at least once per week | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.04 |
| Yes, daily | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.02 |
| Summary measures of transfers to or from living parents during past 2 years | ||||||
| R has given substantial amount of financial assistance | 0.40 | 0.27 | 0.59 | 0.50 | 0.48 | 0.37 |
| R has given substantial amount of non-financial help | 0.36 | 0.25 | 0.27 | 0.22 | 0.32 | 0.24 |
| R has received substantial amount of financial assistance | 0.23 | 0.27 | 0.20 | 0.31 | 0.21 | 0.29 |
| R has received substantial amount of non-financial help | 0.21 | 0.11 | 0.26 | 0.16 | 0.23 | 0.13 |