Table 4.

Logistic Coefficients Predicting the Provision of Any Help to Parents, Adult Children or Nonkin During the Past Month, Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Graduates, 1993 and 2004

	Parents^a		Adult Children^b		Nonkin^c
	1993	2004	1993	2004	1993	2004
Gender: Male	−0.37^*	−0.46^**	−0.44^***	−0.21^*	−0.18^*	−0.25^***
Marital status
Currently married, first marriage	---	---	---	---	---	---
Currently married, second or later marriage	−0.03	−0.53^*	−0.25	−0.49^***	0.26	0.16
Previously married: Divorced/widowed/separated	−0.11	−0.14	0.39^*	−0.16	0.58^***	0.37^***
Never married	−0.09	0.09	−1.92^*	−1.61^*	0.74^**	0.47^*
Male ^* Currently married, second or later marriage	−0.17	0.25	−0.28	−0.02	−0.14	0.02
Male ^* Previously married: Divorced/widowed/separated	−0.21	−0.46	−0.73^**	−0.65^**	−0.12	0.06
Male ^* Never married	0.11	−0.33	0.35	0.48	−0.76^*	0.31
Employment status
Not currently employed	---	---	---	---	---	---
Currently employed part-time	−0.22	−0.02	−0.13	0.04	0.21	0.15^*
Currently employed full-time	−0.44^*	−0.29	−0.19	−0.11	0.19^*	0.09
Education: Years of education based on highest degree
High school grad or less than 1 year college	---	---	---	---	---	---
1–3 years college	0.36^*	0.24	0.27^*	0.30^**	0.34^***	0.40^***
Bachelor’s degree	0.86^***	0.57^**	0.28^*	0.35^**	0.51^***	0.46^***
More than bachelor’s degree	0.65^**	0.56^**	0.53^***	0.38^**	0.76^***	0.68^***
Household income in last 12 months
<=$25,000	---	---	---	---	---	---
$25,001–$50,000	−0.10	−0.06	0.22	−0.11	0.23^*	0.02
$50,001–$75,000	−0.04	0.20	0.41^***	0.04	0.26^**	0.02
$75,001–$100,000	−0.18	0.23	0.52^***	−0.04	0.21	0.28^**
>$100,000	0.15	0.39	0.59^***	0.23	0.33^**	0.04
Health status: Poor/very poor (0 = Excellent/good/fair)	−0.63	−0.14	−0.78^**	−0.23	0.09	−0.20^*
Coresident children (0 = No children or no coresident children)	−0.21	−0.29	0.30^***	0.48^***	−0.03	−0.18
Number of married children	−0.04	0.10^*	0.33^***	0.24^***	−0.03	−0.05^*
Parent’s residence
In own home (0 = With graduate or other living situation)	0.08	0.64^***	--	--	--	--
Proximity to parent’s residence
<5 miles (including coresidence)	---	---	---	---	---	---
6–20 miles	−0.14	−0.11	--	--	--	--
21–120 miles	−0.62^***	−0.85^***	--	--	--	--
121–1,000 miles	−1.37^***	−1.64^***	--	--	--	--
>1,000 miles	−1.42^***	−1.61^***	--	--	--	--
Parental health: Poor/very poor (0 = Excellent/good/fair)	0.49^*	−0.10	--	--	--	--
Living siblings (0 = No living siblings)	−0.20	−0.10^***	--	--	--	--
−2 log L	1638	1540	4706	4943	6261	6916
df	26	26	19	19	19	19
n	1,294	1,294	4,747	4,850	5,220	5,220

Sample includes all respondents with a living parent in both 1993 and 2004.

Sample includes all respondents with an adult child.

Sample includes all respondents.

p < .05.

^**

p < .01.

^***

p < .001.