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. 2005 Oct 18;2(3):161–173. doi: 10.1007/s10433-005-0008-7

Table 3.

Analysis of transfers

Country Sweden Denmark Netherlands Germany Switzerland Austria France Italy Spain Greece All
Time and money transfers
 No transfers 31.3 30.0 35.5 33.4 38.3 43.9 40.6 50.4 65.9 37.0 43.0
 Time only (received or given) 31.4 39.0 39.8 29.8 28.2 25.5 33.4 23.4 19.5 20.2 28.1
 Money only (received or given) 12.1 10.4 9.0 15.4 13.6 14.4 12.2 14.3 8.0 23.8 13.3
 Time and money (received or given) 25.2 20.6 15.8 21.3 19.8 16.3 13.9 11.9 6.6 19.1 15.6
 Number of observations 2,209 1,274 2,139 2,073 767 1,599 1,214 1,995 1,854 1,533 16,657
Transfers to parents if any
 Time only 94.4 96.1 94.9 87.7 82.4 89.9 87.6 96.5 86.3 75.4 89.5
 Money only 3.9 2.1 2.8 7.9 12.3 4.6 7.7 2.9 7.0 12.8 6.5
 Time and money 1.7 1.8 2.3 4.4 5.3 5.6 4.8 0.6 6.6 11.8 4.0
 Number of observations 372 204 342 255 108 104 151 150 110 139 1,935
Transfers to children if any
 Time only 21.5 30.9 27.8 20.4 25.1 21.1 21.8 19.7 20.6 10.1 21.1
 Money only 60.4 49.4 60.3 65.8 64.8 65.6 67.3 72.2 71.7 81.2 66.9
 Time and money 18.1 19.6 11.9 13.8 10.1 13.3 11.0 8.1 7.7 8.8 12.0
 Number of observations 845 436 600 610 188 411 282 349 176 385 4,282

Source: SHARE 2004, release 1 (weighted results)

Personal care within the household and grandchild care are not taken into account