Project Erasmus +

1. Grandparents Questionnaire Results
Latvia
2016
Project Nr. 2015-1-TR01-KA219-021800_8

2.  No.of questionnaires
 Distributed 70
 Returned 46
 Got back

3. 47
26
20
7
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
a lot average a little at all
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4. 34
15
13
4
11
23
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
every day once a week a few times a week once a month twice a month less than once a
month
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5. 38
18
15
5
10
14
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
every day once a week a few times a week once a month twice a month less than once a
month
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6. 0
8
10
13
19
21
4
8
4
6
0
5
10
15
20
25
1 (very little
time)
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (all the
time)
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7. 7
25
68
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
me my grandchild both of us
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8. 52
39
6 3
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
a lot average a little at all
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9. 6
91
3
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
their time is over they can still be played I have no opinion
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10. 74
11
15
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
yes no I have no opinion
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11. 26
13
19
42
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
never once twice more than twice
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12. 23
57
10 10
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
a lot average a little at all
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13. 80
4 2 6 2
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
never once twice more than twice I do it regularly
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14.  To play games
 To sing songs, dance, draw, to learn poems
 To make craft works
 To use new phone
 To make dishes
 To be more active
25
21
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
yes no
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15. 70
28
2 0
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10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
a lot average a little at all
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16.  Grandparents think that :
 Time spent together with grandchild makes big difference to his or her learning,
behaviors and attitudes;
 If they live together they meet every day, if they live apart, they meet less than once a
month
 Holidays don’t change the time spent together
 Both sides want to be together
 More than half of grandparents admit that it is difficult to find something that may be
interesting for grandchild
 Their games can still be played by the children today
 Schools should solicit grandparents’ participation in school projects, trips, festivals and
events
 Grandchildren ask to assist them with school activities, projects, research, crafts, etc.
since your grandchild’s admission to school never or more than twice a month:
 Grandparents would like to take part in some school activities together with grandchild
 More than 80% of grandparents admit that they have not visited their grandchild’s
school’s web-site;
 More than half admit that they have learnt something from their grandchildren and it is:
to play games, to dance, to sing, to draw, to make crafts, to make some special food, to
use mobile phone, to be active
 They like to see their grandchildren to play and enjoy their traditional games and toys