Table 6.

Older people’s characteristics by intergenerational support flow types

	Downward flows	Balanced flows	Upward flows
Age: 70 and over	29.4	46.2	70.7
Gender: female	39.2	67.3	85.4
Marital status: married	74.4	31.9	20.5
Health status: good	78.4	63.5	35.0
Health status: poor	3.9	3.8	17.5
Work: in paid work	56.9	46.2	12.2
Income from land or pension	60.8	42.3	7.3
Inheritance: all handed over	15.2	33.3	69.0
Live alone or just with spouse	0	30.8	9.7
Total (N)	51	52	41

Source: Interview and survey data 1999-2000.

Note: Childless older people are excluded, as are those engaged in no flows of inter-generational support at all.