Table 2.

Demographic Characteristics and Physical Distance predicting Grandparent Grandchild Relationship Quality

VARIABLE	Grandparent-Grandchild Relationship Quality Principal Components Factor Score
	OLS Coefficient
Nearest GP lives over 100 Miles from Child	−0.356*** (0.102)
Parent’s Relationship Quality with Child’s GP	0.134*** (0.026)
Parent’s Relationship Quality with Child (R)	0.131*** (0.024)
Child is Boy	0.034 (0.086)
Age of Child	−0.060* (0.035)
Child is Black Non Hispanic	0.103 (0.127)
Child is Hispanic	−0.196 (0.163)
Child is of Other Race	0.068 (0.319)
Parent (R) is Female	0.076 (0.108)
Parent’s (R) Age	−0.030*** (0.011)
Grandparents’ Age (Mean)	−0.005 (0.007)
Grandparents’ Health (Mean)	−0.006 (0.048)
Number of Siblings of Child in Household	0.031 (0.025)
Number of Grandparents Alive	0.099** (0.048)
Parent has a High School Degree	−0.074 (0.137)
Parent has a College Degree	0.140 (0.184)
Parent has Some College	−0.024 (0.199)
Child lives with Single Parents	0.009 (0.123)
Child lives with Step Parents	−0.126 (0.128)
Child lives with Cohabiting Parents	0.074 (0.270)
Log Total Household Income	0.067 (0.062)
Mother was Employed	−0.089 (0.144)
Mother Employed Missing	0.245 (0.175)
Constant	−0.722 (0.950)
Observations	439
R-squared	0.264

Standard errors in parentheses;

^***p<0.01,

^**p<0.05,

^*p<0.1