Table 4.

Regression results of intergenerational care and intergenerational care time on depression of older people.

	(1)	(2)	(3)
Variable name	Depression	Depression	Depression
Intergenerational care(no = 0)		−0.333**
		(−2.27)
Intergenerational care time			0.006*
			(1.75)
Gender(female = 0)	−1.040***	−1.036***	−0.851***
	(−7.03)	(−7.00)	(−3.83)
Std-Age	−0.120*	−0.171**	−0.163
	(−1.70)	(−2.30)	(−1.50)
Education level(Not receiving education = 0)
Primary education	−0.885***	−0.882***	−0.538*
	(−4.79)	(−4.78)	(−1.83)
Secondary education	−2.365***	−2.339***	−2.119***
	(−11.38)	(−11.25)	(−6.84)
Higher education	−3.649***	−3.607***	−3.947***
	(−11.57)	(−11.44)	(−8.58)
Marital status(no spouse = 0)	−1.153***	−1.137***	−0.954***
	(−5.83)	(−5.74)	(−2.85)
Living arrangements(not living with children = 0)	−0.401***	−0.355**	−0.512**
	(−2.76)	(−2.42)	(−2.40)
Financial support from son to father(no financial support = 0)	0.291**	0.307**	0.458**
	(2.04)	(2.15)	(2.12)
Financial support from father to son(no financial support = 0)	−0.878***	−0.867***	−0.709***
	(−5.97)	(−5.89)	(−3.20)
Satisfaction with relationship with children(Unsatisfied = 0)	−4.559***	−4.564***	−5.086***
	(−11.76)	(−11.76)	(−8.82)
Health satisfaction(Unsatisfied = 0)	−5.361***	−5.354***	−5.623***
	(−31.30)	(−31.25)	(−21.29)
Constant term	19.835***	19.928***	19.532***
	(45.75)	(45.66)	(28.22)
Observations	7,591	7,591	3,131
Adjusted R-squared	0.228	0.228	0.249
Prob>F	0.000	0.000	0.000

Data source: China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study Wave 4 (2018). Standard errors in parentheses, *p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01; this table applies mixed OLS regressions.