From: The influences of childlessness on the psychological well-being and social network of the oldest old
Total | Parents | Childless | p** | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | %* | n | %* | n | %* | ||
Independent variables | |||||||
Gender | |||||||
n | 495 | 438 | 57 | ||||
Man | 187 | 38.1 | 164 | 37.4 | 23 | 40.4 | |
Woman | 308 | 62.2 | 274 | 62.6 | 34 | 59.6 | |
.670 | |||||||
Marital status | |||||||
n | 494 | 437 | 57 | ||||
Married | 214 | 43.3 | 200 | 45.8 | 14 | 24.6 | |
Unmarried | 52 | 10.5 | 31 | 7.1 | 21 | 36.8 | |
Widowed | 228 | 46.2 | 206 | 47.1 | 22 | 38.6 | |
.000 + | |||||||
Education | |||||||
n | 490 | 433 | 57 | ||||
Elementary school | 344 | 70.2 | 309 | 71.4 | 35 | 61.4 | |
Secondary grammar school | 104 | 21.2 | 88 | 20.3 | 16 | 28.1 | |
College/University | 42 | 8.6 | 36 | 8.3 | 6 | 10.5 | |
.298 |