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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 19.
Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2014 Apr;51(2):599–617. doi: 10.1007/s13524-013-0275-4

Table 2. Grandparents' Characteristics by Survival and Coresidence Statuses.

Deceased Non-coresident Coresident
Composition
 % paternal grandfather 32.2 19.4 38.1
 % paternal grandmother 21.5 24.0 56.5
 % maternal grandfather 27.2 25.9 2.2
 % maternal grandmother 19.0 30.7 3.3
Mean birth year 1926.5 1936.2 1933.1
Mean age - 66.5 69.8
% female 40.5 54.7 59.7
Mean education
 Years of schooling 1.9 2.6 2.0
 Percentile score 46.6 47.8 45.1
Observations 6,411 10,688 1,049

Note: Coresident grandparents and non-coresident grandparents are distinguished by their relationship to the sampled households.