Table 2.
The pattern of transfers in Europe, by identity of donor and recipient
| Country | Sweden | Denmark | Netherlands | Germany | Switzerland | Austria | France | Italy | Spain | Greece | All | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FT | TT | FT | TT | FT | TT | FT | TT | FT | TT | FT | TT | FT | TT | FT | TT | FT | TT | FT | TT | FT | TT | |
| Transfers given to | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 1.8 |
| Parents | 1.7 | 27.2 | 1.6 | 23.0 | 2.1 | 28.2 | 3.2 | 27.3 | 5.9 | 28.5 | 1.8 | 23.6 | 4.4 | 28.2 | 0.8 | 27.5 | 6.1 | 35.1 | 4.3 | 33.8 | 3.0 | 28.0 |
| Siblings | 1.3 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 5.2 | 2.5 | 8.6 | 1.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 7.3 | 4.2 | 10.5 | 2.2 | 9.2 | 2.2 | 6.0 |
| Children | 80.3 | 29.2 | 86.1 | 31.3 | 83.1 | 21.6 | 61.4 | 24.5 | 59.7 | 20.4 | 73.9 | 34.2 | 76.6 | 22.4 | 56.1 | 19.0 | 70.4 | 18.9 | 62.3 | 21.7 | 66.4 | 23.2 |
| Grandchildren | 9.3 | 1.1 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 22.0 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 1.9 | 12.1 | 0.7 | 5.2 | 0.8 | 14.7 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 15.6 | 2.9 | 13.9 | 1.5 |
| Other family members | 2.3 | 5.5 | 2.1 | 5.5 | 2.2 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 7.8 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 7.7 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 5.5 | 11.5 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 7.2 |
| Non-family | 4.5 | 30.6 | 2.9 | 32.7 | 7.1 | 33.1 | 4.9 | 35.0 | 16.7 | 36.8 | 2.8 | 29.3 | 7.0 | 34.5 | 11.8 | 30.1 | 10.4 | 19.8 | 7.8 | 23.5 | 7.2 | 32.4 |
| Number of observations | 1,330 | 1,477 | 549 | 980 | 822 | 1,297 | 1,091 | 992 | 363 | 387 | 643 | 500 | 459 | 537 | 722 | 624 | 250 | 318 | 770 | 374 | 6,999 | 7,486 |
| Transfers received from | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | 4.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 7.6 | 1.1 | 8.3 | 3.0 | 20.6 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 8.3 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 6.0 | 1.3 |
| Parents | 54.2 | 2.5 | 64.2 | 4.0 | 34.9 | 2.8 | 31.5 | 2.6 | 37.6 | 5.8 | 15.2 | 2.3 | 30.0 | 1.5 | 23.2 | 2.9 | 13.2 | 3.5 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 26.9 | 2.6 |
| Siblings | 4.7 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 5.4 | 12.3 | 7.5 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 9.2 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 13.4 | 4.6 | 13.1 | 9.2 | 6.0 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Children | 22.8 | 52.4 | 15.1 | 48.7 | 34.5 | 43.2 | 47.3 | 55.4 | 23.5 | 40.5 | 45.4 | 56.6 | 42.0 | 57.1 | 32.3 | 39.8 | 63.6 | 60.7 | 71.3 | 71.0 | 45.5 | 53.3 |
| Grandchildren | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 3.6 |
| Other family members | 6.7 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 2.6 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 8.9 | 3.1 | 13.3 | 6.7 | 10.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 7.6 |
| Non-family | 7.0 | 31.6 | 5.9 | 34.0 | 9.4 | 38.7 | 4.7 | 27.0 | 15.3 | 37.8 | 11.1 | 24.5 | 6.7 | 23.5 | 18.3 | 28.5 | 9.0 | 13.9 | 5.1 | 13.0 | 8.4 | 26.1 |
| Number of observations | 148 | 795 | 99 | 598 | 73 | 610 | 184 | 838 | 43 | 205 | 155 | 560 | 61 | 336 | 104 | 345 | 104 | 364 | 244 | 537 | 1,215 | 5,188 |
Source: SHARE 2004, release 1 (weighted results)
FT and TT stand, respectively, for financial transfers above 250 euros and time transfers