From: To be or not to be: relationship between grandparent status and health and wellbeing
Variable | Overall (N = 1208) | Current (n = 507) | To-be (n = 275) | Not-to-be (n = 426) | Chisquare/ F-value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 66.58 (5.90) | 68.77(5.90) | 64.45(5.30) | 65.36(5.49) | 69.54*** |
Education | |||||
  < Middle school | 303 (25.08%) | 180 (35.50%) | 43 (15.64%) | 80 (18.78%) | 64.204*** |
 Middle school | 600 (49.67%) | 239 (47.14%) | 154 (56.00%) | 207 (48.59%) |  |
  > Middle school | 305 (25.25%) | 88 (17.36%) | 78 (28.36%) | 139 (32.63%) |  |
Sex | |||||
 Female | 628 (51.99%) | 286 (56.41%) | 116 (42.18%) | 226 (53.05%) | 14.76*** |
 Male | 580 (48.01%) | 221 (43.59%) | 159 (57.82%) | 200 (46.95%) |  |
Marriage | |||||
 Married | 1005 (83.20%) | 444 (87.57%) | 263 (95.64%) | 298 (69.95%) | 90.831*** |
 Not married | 203 (16.80%) | 63 (12.43%) | 12 (4.36%) | 128 (30.05%) |  |
Financial status | 3.31 ± 0.75 | 3.32 ± 0.73 | 3.38 ± 0.72 | 3.26 ± 0.80 | 2.46 ns |
Physical activity | 3.31 ± 0.85 | 3.34 ± 0.87 | 3.33 ± 0.80 | 3.25 ± 0.84 | 1.45 ns |