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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 5.
Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2011 Feb 1;73(1):77–92. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00790.x

Table 6.

Impact of Reducing Employment from Fulltime to either Part-time or Retired between 1993 and 2004 on the Likelihood of Helping Parents, Adult Children, and Nonkin in 2004, by Gender, a (Logistic Coefficients b), Wisconsin Longitudinal Study Graduates, 1993

Men
 Women
Part-time Retired Part-time Retired
Help to Parentsc
 Any Help 0.53 0.40 −0.01 −0.11
 Transportation, Errands, Shopping 0.41 0.34 0.23 0.16
 Housework, Yardwork, Repairs 0.33 0.47 0.43 0.30
 Advice, Encouragement, Emotional Support 0.37 0.13 −0.46 −0.23
Help to Adult Childrend
 Any Help 0.24 0.30* 0.19 −0.11
 Transportation, Errands, Shopping 0.21 0.31* 0.43* −0.04
 Housework, Yardwork, Repairs 0.14 0.26* −0.06 0.08
 Advice, Encouragement, Emotional Support 0.36* 0.20 0.10 −0.16
 Child care, Babysitting 0.11 0.28* 0.36* 0.08
Help to Nonkine
 Any Help 0.13 −0.01 −0.02 −0.16
 Transportation, Errands, Shopping 0.12 0.12 −0.02 0.22
 Housework, Yardwork, Repairs 0.24 0.57*** 0.10 0.35
 Advice, Encouragement, Emotional Support −0.07 −0.34** −0.05 −0.26*
a

Sample is restricted to all respondents who were working full time in 1993.

b

Logistic coefficients compare either Part-time or Retired respondents in 2004 to those who are still working full time in models that also control for all the covariates in Table 3 plus a control for whether assistance was given in 1993. Full model res

c

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

d

Sample includes all respondents with an adult child.

e

Sample includes all respondents.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.

***

p < .001.