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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2016 Sep 2;78(5):1237–1249. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12342

Appendix Table A.

Descriptive Statistics by Country: Adult Children with Non-Coresident Surviving Mother.

Country Contact
(1 – 6)
Female
(%)
Age
(18 – 83)
Married
(%)
Siblings
(0 – 10)
Children
(0 – 10)
Employed
(%)
Religiosity
(0 – 5)
Primary
(%)
Secondary
(%)
High
(%)
Proximity
(1 – 9)
Familistic attitudes
(1 – 5)
GNP per capita (ln) Mobile subscriptions
(per 100)
N
Australia 4.02 .56 46.63 .75 2.75 2.41 .55 1.53 .37 .35 .28 4.78 3.27 10.31 57.3 451
Austria 3.99 .63 41.14 .66 2.28 1.66 .49 2.11 .57 .31 .12 3.49 3.23 10.37 81.3 338
Brazil 3.14 .53 35.31 .59 4.99 0.72 .21 3.40 .86 .11 .03 4.26 4.83 8.97 16.3 740
Canada 3.97 .56 41.75 .79 3.19 1.91 .60 1.99 .19 .53 .28 4.07 3.51 10.39 34.3 475
Chile 3.60 .38 38.17 .70 4.10 2.18 .42 2.50 .47 .39 .14 4.23 4.00 9.28 32.7 574
Czech Republic 3.80 .61 38.45 .72 1.44 1.58 .70 0.87 .21 .66 .13 3.56 4.02 9.76 67.9 526
Denmark 4.08 .53 40.95 .62 1.96 1.74 .77 1.18 .20 .52 .28 3.73 3.30 10.37 74.0 439
Finland 3.93 .55 36.11 .74 1.97 1.36 .65 1.71 .26 .39 .34 4.32 3.66 10.24 80.5 654
France 3.91 .58 38.52 .62 2.25 1.54 .63 0.84 .17 .44 .38 4.43 4.07 10.26 62.5 693
Germany 4.02 .52 38.23 .59 1.89 1.42 .63 1.23 .66 .13 .21 3.81 3.63 10.34 68.2 623
Great Britain 4.22 .60 39.21 .65 2.07 0.59 .54 1.08 .50 .32 .18 3.94 3.30 10.32 78.3 354
Hungary 3.48 .59 39.99 .68 1.68 1.68 .59 1.16 .50 .45 .05 3.42 4.16 9.56 48.8 492
Israel 5.17 .67 37.23 .74 3.26 2.30 .54 1.72 .14 .63 .23 3.53 4.52 10.03 85.4 464
Italy 4.75 .55 41.64 .93 1.70 1.24 .71 2.43 .33 .39 .28 3.12 4.03 10.25 89.9 355
Japan 3.09 .56 43.24 .89 2.05 1.81 .56 1.22 .13 .63 .24 4.23 3.16 10.26 58.8 430
Latvia 3.81 .59 36.87 .63 1.35 1.41 .68 1.24 .36 .48 .16 4.48 4.14 9.13 27.8 415
New Zealand 3.72 .59 41.79 .68 2.94 0.95 .58 1.33 .28 .56 .17 4.66 3.44 10.05 59.0 499
Norway 4.10 .55 38.02 .53 2.23 0.78 .68 1.00 .23 .51 .26 4.08 3.56 10.70 79.6 842
Poland 3.47 .56 40.13 .78 2.20 1.75 .59 3.50 .45 .40 .14 3.67 4.40 9.39 26.2 442
Russia 3.28 .53 37.19 .79 1.71 1.43 .66 0.85 .09 .71 .20 6.60 4.60 9.11 5.3 667
Slovenia 4.31 .55 37.49 .83 1.85 1.67 .75 1.83 .42 .47 .10 2.96 3.87 9.92 73.8 413
Spain 4.52 .53 38.95 .83 2.60 1.52 .58 1.65 .47 .29 .24 3.35 3.90 10.16 72.8 366
Switzerland 3.72 .55 41.48 .68 2.26 1.34 .56 1.68 .74 .14 .12 3.81 3.81 10.46 73.0 410
U.S. 4.13 .52 38.06 .45 2.74 1.27 .67 2.41 .11 .61 .27 4.56 4.09 10.59 45.1 659