Table 4.

Black and White Middle-Aged Adults’ Support of Parents

Predictor variables	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE	B	SE
Intercept	4.08***	0.07	4.58***	0.14	2.73***	0.71	−0.28	0.79
Racea	0.58***	0.12	0.25*	0.12	0.28*	0.13	0.11	0.12
Resources and demands
Participant income					−0.10*	0.05	−0.07	0.05
Participant education					−0.01	0.03	0.02	0.03
Participant health					0.07	0.05	0.00	0.05
Parent # of problems					0.12**	0.04	0.10**	0.04
Parental disability					0.19	0.11	0.25**	0.10
Parent age					0.02**	0.01	0.02*	0.01
Cultural beliefs
Obligation to help parents							0.41***	0.10
Sense of reward from helping							0.39***	0.04
Control variables
Participant genderb			−0.29**	0.10	−0.26**	0.11	−0.60***	0.08
Parent genderb			−0.29**	0.10	−0.73***	0.08	−0.26**	0.10
Participant marital statusc			0.12	0.12	0.23	0.13	0.11	0.12
Parent marital statusc			−0.61***	0.10	−0.43***	0.11	−0.42***	0.11
Parent is stepparent			−0.17	0.40	−0.20	0.39	0.07	0.36
Parent coresident			1.59***	0.15	1.57***	0.15	1.41***	0.14
Model fit
−2 Res log likelihood	3089.5		2758.8		2595.2		2469.7
Chi-square test			330.7***		163.6***		125.5***

^a1 = Black, 0 = White.

^b1 = male, 0 = female.

^c1 = married, 0 = not married.

*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001.