Table 1.

Means (adjusted for covariates) on Marital Quality Indicators by Parent Care Group (N = 716)

	Noncaregivers		Recent CGs		Experienced CGs		Former CGs
	Sons	Daughters	Sons	Daughters	Sons	Daughters	Sons	Daughters
	(n = 220)	(n = 208)	(n = 56)	(n = 63)	(n = 22)	(n = 41)	(n = 45)	(n = 61)
Marital happinessa,b
T2	5.62	5.45	5.58	5.48	4.91	5.40	5.26	5.29
T3	5.86	5.71	5.98	5.93	5.26	5.73	5.80	5.48
Marital role inequityb,c
T1	0.19	0.59	0.18	0.52	0.22	0.71	0.30	0.86
T2	0.26	0.71	0.21	0.52	0.31	0.79	0.29	0.82
T3	0.08	0.45	0.11	0.41	0.34	0.58	0.15	0.60

Notes: Means reported are adjusted for the following covariates: age, race, education, number of children, T2 employment status, employment status between T2 and T3, and informal support provided to parents at T1. Higher scores represent greater marital happiness and more marital role inequity. CG = caregiver.

^aSignificant multivariate main effect for time.

^bSignificant multivariate main effect for parent care group.

^cSignificant multivariate main effect for gender.