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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Res Aging. 2012 Mar;34(2):197–221. doi: 10.1177/0164027511420170

Table 1.

Means, standard deviations, minimum, and maximum (N=7,927)

Mean S.D. Min Max
Support Exchanged with Children
Received from Child 0.445 0.497 0 1
Given to Child 0.640 0.480 0 1
Parental Household Characteristics
Age 60.625 11.407 30 95
Gender (F = 1) 0.653 0.476 0 1
Black 0.158 0.365 0 1
Hispanic 0.049 0.217 0 1
Currently Married 0.608 0.488 0 1
Health 3.757 0.952 1 5
Education 11.069 3.300 0 20
# Children 4.422 2.295 1 13
Adult Child in HH 0.271 0.444 0 1
Adult Child Characteristics
Distance from Parent
(in 100’s of miles)
3.833 8.968 0.01 80
Gender (F = 1) 0.499 0.500 0 1
Biological Child 0.902 0.298 0 1
Currently Married 0.665 0.472 0 1
Has Children 0.697 0.459 0 1