Table 3. Relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and financial supports .
| Sociodemographic characteristics | Time frame of giving money to older parents | P value € | |||||
|
Daily
No. (%) |
Weekly
No. (%) |
Monthly
No. (%) |
Quarterly
No. (%) |
Yearly
No. (%) |
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| Gender | Male | 4 (3.5) | 14 (12.3) | 71 (62.3) | 16 (14.9) | 9 (7.9) | 0.723 |
| Female | 11 (4.3) | 20 (7.9) | 160 (63.0) | 41 (16.1) | 22 (8.7) | ||
| Marital status | Single | 4 (3.8) | 10 (9.5) | 64 (61.0) | 18 (17.1) | 9 (8.9) | 0.995 |
| Married | 10 (4.1) | 24 (9.9) | 153 (62.2) | 35 (14.5) | 20 (8.3) | ||
| Engaged | 1 (6.2) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (68.8) | 3 (18.8) | 1 (6.2) | ||
| Average monthly income | Less than N20000 | 9 (4.1) | 18 (8.3) | 127 (58.5) | 39 (18.0) | 24 (11.1) | 0.056 |
| N20000-N39999 | 2 (4.5) | 1 (2.3) | 31 (70.7) | 7 (15.9) | 3 (6.8) | ||
| Above N39999 | 3 (4.0) | 8 (10.7) | 53 (70.0) | 10 (13.3) | 1 (1.3) | ||
| Age | Less than 29 | 7 (4.5) | 18 (11.5) | 95 (60.5) | 24 (15.3) | 13 (8.3) | 0.378 |
| 30-39 | 4 (3.1) | 8 (6.2) | 83 (64.3) | 18 (14.0) | 16 (12.4) | ||
| 40-49 | 1 (1.8) | 8 (14.5) | 36 (65.5) | 9 (16.4) | 1 (1.8) | ||
| 50-59 | 3 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 14 (58.3) | 6 (25.0) | 1 (4.2) | ||
| Occupation | Civil servant | 2 (2.2) | 11 (12.2) | 61 (67.8) | 15 (16.7) | 1 (1.1) | 0.073 |
| Self-employed | 4 (6.3) | 7 (10.9) | 40 (62.5) | 5 (7.8) | 8 (12.5) | ||
| Private sector | 9 (4.4) | 15 (7.3) | 126 (61.5) | 35 (17.1) | 20 (9.7) | ||
aχ 2-test was used.