Table 1: The intercorrelations among study variables.

Variable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
DV (1) -.243** .240** 0.10 .130* -.152** -.219** -0.10 .497** -.214** .248** .206**
Age (2) -.315** -.240** -0.07 0.00 .483** .505** -.117* 0.10 -.239** -.215**
Level of education (3) .177** .248** -.188** -.281** -.227** .160** -0.02 .286** .231**
Marital status (4) .104* -.110* -.193** -.202** -0.09 0.01 .133** 0.06
Income (5) -.312** -.158** -0.06 .180** 0.00 .194** .207**
Subjective financial status (6) .193** -0.02 -.250** -0.10 -0.05 -.182**
Employment status (7) .346** -.167** -0.04 -.165** -.378**
Number of grandchildren (8) -0.03 0.07 -.226** -.134**
Relation with parents (9) -0.06 .110* .168**
Distance (10) .124* 0.04
ICT (11) .281**
SRH (12)
* p<.05, **p<.01
DV: dependent variable (grandparents-grandchildren relationship)
ICT: information communication technology
SRH: self-rated health