Table 2.
Frequency of Support Participants Provide to Grown Children and Parents
| Type of support | Offspring |
Parents |
||
| Black (n = 523) | White (n = 817) | Black (n = 279) | White (n = 562) | |
| Listening to talk about daily events | 5.20 (2.34) | 6.04 (1.79) | 5.62 (2.28) | 5.66 (1.82) |
| Emotional support | 5.14 (2.37) | 5.61 (2.02) | 5.47 (2.39) | 5.01 (2.07) |
| Advice | 4.85 (2.21) | 5.09 (1.76) | 4.31 (2.37) | 3.93 (1.89) |
| Socializing | 4.06 (2.22) | 4.49 (1.66) | 4.41 (2.16) | 4.09 (1.69) |
| Instrumental support | 3.41 (2.35) | 4.01 (2.04) | 4.26 (2.48) | 3.70 (2.01) |
| Financial support | 3.42 (2.02) | 3.99 (2.25) | 2.89 (1.96) | 1.72 (1.32) |
| Average total support | 4.35 (1.84) | 4.87 (1.53) | 4.49 (1.83) | 4.02 (1.42) |
Note: Scale for support rating is 1 = less than once a year or not at all, 2 = once a year, 3 = a few times a year, 4 = monthly, 5 = a few times a month, 6 = weekly, 7 = a few times a week, and 8 = daily.