Table 1.
Descriptive analyses of parents aged 65 years or over; numbers of respondents are unweighted
| Great Britain | Italy | The Netherlands | Finland | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (n=309) | F (n=422) | M (n=3,061) | F (n=3,741) | M (n=534) | F (n=648) | M (n=750) | F (n=767) | |
| Age (years) | ||||||||
| 65–74 | 61.2 | 60.5 | 63.5 | 58.6 | 54.1 | 48.2 | – | – |
| 75+ | 38.8 | 39.5 | 34.4 | 41.1 | 45.9 | 51.9 | – | – |
| 62–66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 54.3 | 55.9 |
| 72–76 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 45.7 | 44.1 |
| Number of children | ||||||||
| 1 | 25.0 | 21.8 | 25.7 | 25.7 | 10.1 | 12.0 | 18.7 | 19.3 |
| 2 | 36.4 | 38.7 | 38.7 | 36.6 | 33.0 | 26.9 | 40.8 | 41.1 |
| 3+ | 38.6 | 39.5 | 35.6 | 37.7 | 56.9 | 61.1 | 40.5 | 39.6 |
| Marital Status | ||||||||
| Married | 81.1 | 51.5 | 84.0 | 43.8 | 84.8 | 42.7 | 87.9 | 62.2 |
| Single, separated, divorced | 4.3 | 5.1 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 5.9 | 7.7 | 14.0 |
| Widowed | 14.5 | 43.3 | 13.6 | 52.7 | 12.5 | 51.4 | 4.4 | 23.9 |
| Education | ||||||||
| Low | 66.2 | 74.7 | 68.6 | 81.9 | 22.5 | 50.3 | 79.5 | 76.3 |
| Medium | 21.2 | 18.5 | 13.4 | 7.8 | 56.7 | 40.0 | 12.3 | 16.2 |
| High | 12.6 | 6.8 | 18.0 | 10.3 | 20.8 | 9.7 | 8.3 | 7.6 |
| Homeowner | ||||||||
| Yes | 77.6 | 68.1 | 80.1 | 72.8 | 53.4 | 61.4 | 88.8 | 86.8 |
| No | 22.4 | 31.9 | 19.9 | 27.2 | 46.6 | 38.6 | 11.2 | 13.2 |
| Presence of disability (or in bad health) | ||||||||
| Yes | 18.5 | 25.6 | 54.3 | 69.1 | 14.1 | 12.5 | ||
| No | 81.5 | 74.4 | 45.7 | 30.9 | 85.9 | 87.5 | ||
| Weekly contacts with children | ||||||||
| No weekly contact | 53.9 | 49.8 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 9.6 | 6.2 | 36.1 | 23.9 |
| Weekly contact | 46.1 | 50.2 | 92.2 | 93.2 | 90.4 | 93.8 | 63.9 | 76.1 |