Virtual Grandparenting: Identifying Barriers to Supportive Video Chat between Grandparents and Grandchildren

Table 1

Demographic details for complete sample.

	Grandparents		Parents
	Adult age (in years)	62.02	9.39	34.61	5.5
	Child age (in months)	30.85	19.59	31.93	19.04
Household income (estimated from median household income in reported zip code)	$72,762	$27,707	$74,796	$28,420
		%		%
Education (highest completed)
High school/GED/or less	146	13.1	90	9.3
2-year degree/trade school	206	18.5	76	7.9
4-year degree	313	28	308	31.8
MA degree	328	29.4	297	30.7
PhD, MD, JD	123	11	197	20.4
Distance between grandparent and grandchild (in miles)	489.97	1016.9	717.85	1347.7
Time zone difference between grandparent and grandchild	0.51	1.47	0.82	2.1
Child gender
Male	544	48.7	462	47.7
Female	561	50.3	501	51.8
Other	2	0.2	0	0
Declined to answer	9	0.8	5	0.5
Race
White	1001	90	813	84
African or African-American	42	3.8	57	5.9
Asian or Asian-American	15	1.3	39	4
Native American	7	0.6	1	0.1
Other	19	1.7	27	2.8
Multiple	18	1.6	22	2.3
Declined to answer	14	1.3	9	1
Hispanic or Latino	23	2.1	65	6.7
Current employment status
Full-time	373	33.4	660	68.2
Part-time	112	10	96	9.9
Unemployed and looking for work	32	2.9	38	3.9
Unemployed and not looking for work	29	2.6	28	2.9
Retired	502	45	0	0
Student	4	0.4	20	2.1
Disabled	49	4.4	14	1.4
Full-time caregiver	13	1.2	110	11.4
Declined to answer	2	0.2	2	0.2