adults who helped adult children and/or aging parents.
Method of interview
Telephone interview
Supplementary notes
* 1,700 sample size in Germany and 1,516 in Italy.
Among adult children at least one child aged 18 or older; among parents at least one aged 65 or older.
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Parents and children: financial help between generations in Italy and Germany 2014
This statistic presents the share of adults, who provided financial help to their adult children and / or their aging parents in Italy and Germany as of 2014. According to the survey, that focused on intergenerational financial support shift in some of the fastest aging advanced economies of the West, approximately 60 percent of respondents gave financial help to their adult children in Italy. At the same time, 28 percent of Italian respondents financially supported their aging parents.
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Pew Research Center. (May 21, 2015). Financial help for aging parents and adult children in the previous 12 months in Germany and Italy as of 2014 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from /statistics/429473/intergenerational-financial-help-italy-germany/
Pew Research Center. "Financial help for aging parents and adult children in the previous 12 months in Germany and Italy as of 2014." Chart. May 21, 2015. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 22, 2026. /statistics/429473/intergenerational-financial-help-italy-germany/
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Pew Research Center. "Financial Help for Aging Parents and Adult Children in The Previous 12 Months in Germany and Italy as of 2014." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 21 May 2015, /statistics/429473/intergenerational-financial-help-italy-germany/
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Financial help for aging parents and adult children in the previous 12 months in Germany and Italy as of 2014 [Graph], Pew Research Center, May 21, 2015. [Online]. Available: /statistics/429473/intergenerational-financial-help-italy-germany/
