According to the 2002 General Social Survey, approximately 2.6 million people aged 45 to 64 lived with their children under the age of 25. About 27% of them - or 712,000 people - were also providing some form of senior care. These people make up the sandwich generation.

The following table presents the results, in percentage, on the status of people in the sandwich generation with paid employment.

 

What is the variable under study? 

What is the statistical unit? 

Give and interpret the appropriate measure of central tendency. 

Satisfaction with life Very satisfied Satisfied Without opinion Not very satisfied Not at all satisfied Percentage of the sandwich generation in paid employment 34 61 Negligible 3 Negligible