Table 1.

Variable definitions and descriptive stats.

Variable type	Variable	Definition	Mean	Std. Dev.
Dependent	Overall health	Older adults health, mean = 0	−0.009	0.581
Independent	Intergenerational economic support	Total value (in thousands) given to children (monetary and goods)	3.248	10.061
Control	Gender	Female = 1; Male = 0	0.472	0.499
	Age	Respondent’s age (years)	68.285	6.192
	Income	Total income (wages and transfers) logged	7.327	3.051
	Living children	No. of living children	3.147	1.512
	Grandchildren	No. of grandchildren	4.593	3.148
	Co-residence with children	Co-residing with children = 1; No = 0	0.148	0.355
	Satisfaction with child relations	Satisfied = 1; Not satisfied = 0	0.959	0.263
Instrumental	Highest education	Illiterate = 1; Elementary = 2; Junior high = 3; High school = 4; College or above = 5	1.974	1.097
	Marital status	Co-residing with partner = 1; No = 0	0.841	0.366
Mediating	Subjective life expectancy	Possible = 1; Not possible = 0	0.623	0.485