Table 2 Background descriptive statistics of focal older adults, partners and children. In percent of total person-years
All | Men | Women | All | Men | Women | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics of focal older adults | Person-years (N) | 3,956,903 | 1,949,549 | 2,007,354 | |||
Age 65–69 | 40.3 | 41.0 | 39.7 | ||||
Age70–74 | 26.7 | 26.8 | 26.5 | Characteristics of children | |||
Age 75–79 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 17.0 | No child | 11.8 | 13.0 | 10.6 |
Age 80–84 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 10.7 | ||||
Age 85–89 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | Only daughters | 21.2 | 21.0 | 21.7 |
Age 90+ | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | Only sons | 22.8 | 22.5 | 23.2 |
Both genders | 44.0 | 43.5 | 44.5 | ||||
Partnered | 68.0 | 77.2 | 59.2 | ||||
1 child | 13.0 | 12.6 | 13.4 | 1+ child highly educated | 53.7 | 53.9 | 53.5 |
2+ children | 75.2 | 74.4 | 76.0 | ||||
1+ child partnered | 60.7 | 58.2 | 63.2 | ||||
Immigrant | 4.7 | 4.4 | 5.0 | ||||
High education | 38.2 | 47.1 | 29.5 | 1+ child poor health | 42.1 | 41.0 | 43.2 |
Pension or other public support | 93.9 | 94.4 | 93.5 | ||||
Employed | 21.9 | 26.9 | 17.1 | 1+ child out of work | 21.6 | 21.3 | 21.9 |
Municipal care service transitionsa | 1+ child receives social assistance | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | |||
Any service | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.9 | ||||
1+ child advantaged | 68.5 | 67.1 | 69.9 | ||||
Practical assistance | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.6 | ||||
Home health care | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 | Children nearbyb | |||
Institutionalized care | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | No children nearby | 26.3 | 27.5 | 25.1 |
Short-term | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | At least 1 child nearby | 61.9 | 59.5 | 64.3 |
Long-term | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | ||||
Other services | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1 child nearby | 32.9 | 31.5 | 34.3 |
2 children nearby | 23.0 | 22.2 | 23.8 | ||||
Characteristics of partners | 3 children nearby | 6.0 | 5.8 | 6.3 | |||
No partner | 32.0 | 22.8 | 40.8 | ||||
1+ advantaged child nearby | 47.1 | 44.9 | 49.3 | ||||
Age < 60 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 0.5 | ||||
Age 60–64 | 8.3 | 14.4 | 2.4 | ||||
Age 65–69 | 20.0 | 25.0 | 15.2 | ||||
Age70–74 | 17.3 | 16.8 | 17.7 | ||||
Age 75–79 | 10.7 | 9.3 | 12.0 | ||||
Age 80–84 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 7.4 | ||||
Age 85–89 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 3.2 | ||||
Age 90+ | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | ||||
Immigrant | 3.1 | 4.3 | 2.1 | ||||
High education | 27.4 | 25.9 | 28.7 | ||||
LTC services use | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.7 |