Table 1.
Sample sizes and descriptive statistics (mean) on subjective well-being (SWB) and education by gender and grandparenthood
| Grandparenthood-related variables | Women | Men | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWB | Education | N | n | SWB | Education | N | n | |
| Grandchildless | 7.65 | 69.82 | 25,479 | 15,145 | 7.76 | 71.98 | 24,171 | 14,462 |
| Grandparents (all) | 7.53 | 61.01 | 80,278 | 37,581 | 7.69 | 67.19 | 59,256 | 28,406 |
| 1–2 grandchildren | 7.49 | 64.19 | 31,098 | 15,400 | 7.66 | 68.86 | 24,013 | 12,165 |
| 3+ grandchildren | 7.55 | 59.00 | 49,180 | 22,181 | 7.71 | 66.05 | 35,243 | 16,241 |
| Grandparent no care | 7.22 | 58.03 | 28,919 | 13,695 | 7.46 | 65.97 | 19,850 | 10,325 |
| Not intensive care | 7.67 | 64.22 | 13,501 | 6424 | 7.90 | 70.09 | 9046 | 4420 |
| Intensive care | 7.63 | 62.35 | 17,677 | 8702 | 7.79 | 68.73 | 9279 | 4667 |
| Total | 7.50 | 63.41 | 105,757 | 52,726 | 7.69 | 69.31 | 83,427 | 42,868 |
SWB subjective well-being; education is measured in relative terms: for each individual, we calculated the percentage of people (of the same gender and in the same country) with a lower level of education than his/her one. N number of observations (individuals x waves), n number of individuals