Table 3.

Descriptive statistics for transfer patterns between respondents aged 30–60 and and their children aged 15+ in 2008

Mean (std. dev.)	Female	Male	Total
Children
# of children (alive and deceased)	6.66 (2.81)	7.14 (3.38)	6.86 (3.07)
# of living children	4.91 (2.09)	5.59 (2.63)	5.19 (2.35)
# of living adult children	2.58 (2.27)	2.33 (2.54)	2.48 (2.39)
Among respondents with at least one living adult child
# of living adult children	3.35 (2.02)	3.66 (2.30)	3.46 (2.13)
Mean age of living adult children	22.7 (6.62)	22.3 (7.02)	22.6 (6.77)
Sex ratio (# of sons / # of daughters) among living adult children	.92	.95	.93
# of adult children who are coresident (same household or compound)	1.64 (1.36)	1.47 (1.46)	1.58 (1.40)
in excellent health	1.31 (1.66)	1.46 (1.93)	1.37 (1.76)
in very poor, poor or good health	0.73 (1.33)	0.84 (1.56)	0.77 (1.42)
Transfers to/from children during past two years (Among respondents with at least one living adult child)
# of living adult children to whom respondent has
given substantial amount of financial assistance	1.16 (1.34)	1.48 (1.54)	1.28 (1.42)
given substantial amount of non-financial help	1.08 (1.26)	0.70 (1.26)	0.94 (1.28)
# of living adult children from whom respondent has
received substantial amount of financial assistance	1.15 (1.51)	0.81 (1.32)	1.03 (1.45)
received substantial amount of non-financial help	0.98 (1.27)	0.81 (1.25)	0.92 (1.26)
Sex ratio (# of sons / # of daughters) among children to whom respondent has
given substantial amount of financial assistance	1.05	1.09	1.07
given substantial amount of non-financial help	1.09	1.36	1.15
Sex ratio (# of sons / # of daughters) among children from whom respondent has
received substantial amount of financial assistance	.95	1.41	1.06
received substantial amount of non-financial help	.72	.93	.78