Table 1.
Means and Percentages, Child Observations from Health and Retirement Study (N = 40,763)
| Variable | Percent | Mean | S.D. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Child received money | 17.6% | ||
| Respondents' Characteristics | |||
| Year of observation | |||
| 1998 | 26.6% | ||
| 2000 | 26.4% | ||
| 2002 | 24.2% | ||
| 2004 | 22.8% | ||
| Older respondent’s age | |||
| under 57 | 4.0% | ||
| 57–61 | 26.3% | ||
| 62–66 | 34.1% | ||
| 67–71 | 24.5% | ||
| 72+ | 11.1% | ||
| Ethnicity (vs. white) | |||
| White | 85.2% | ||
| Black | 5.8% | ||
| Hispanic | 7.4% | ||
| Other | 1.6% | ||
| Female health | |||
| excellent | 14.2% | ||
| very good | 35.1% | ||
| good | 29.8% | ||
| fair | 14.8% | ||
| poor | 6.1% | ||
| Male health | |||
| excellent | 12.2% | ||
| very good | 30.6% | ||
| good | 32.6% | ||
| fair | 17.3% | ||
| poor | 7.4% | ||
| Assets | |||
| negative | 1.9% | ||
| zero | 0.6% | ||
| LT 25K | 7.2% | ||
| 25–29K | 6.7% | ||
| 50–99K | 13.7% | ||
| 100–249K | 27.5% | ||
| 250K+ | 42.5% | ||
| Log income - male | 10.0 | 1.8 | |
| Log income -female | 7.7 | 3.7 | |
| Log other household income | 5.7 | 4.0 | |
| Family Characteristics | |||
| N. male children | 2.25 | 1.56 | |
| N. female children | 2.20 | 1.62 | |
| Blended (joint biological and stepchildren) | 13.0% | ||
| Children's aggregate characteristics. | |||
| within family | |||
| % college | 54.5% | ||
| % male | 51.2% | ||
| % married | 63.6% | ||
| % have children | 66.6% | ||
| Male-family received help | 12.6% | ||
| Female-family received help | 12.7% | ||
| Individual Child Characteristics | |||
| Child's characteristics | |||
| Male | 51.2% | ||
| Married | 63.7% | ||
| Has children | 66.7% | ||
| Attend college | 54.6% | ||
| Child's age at respondents' marriage and relationship to female | |||
| own child | 83.0% | ||
| step-ages 0–9 | 3.1% | ||
| step- ages 10–17 | 5.2% | ||
| step-age 18 and over | 8.7% | ||
| Child's age at respondents' marriage and relationship to male | |||
| own child | 84.2% | ||
| step-ages 0–9 | 3.1% | ||
| step- ages 10–17 | 4.7% | ||
| step-age 18 and over | 8.1% | ||
| Child's age | |||
| 18–24 | 6.2% | ||
| 25–34 | 37.2% | ||
| 35–49 | 55.0% | ||
| 50–64 | 1.6% | ||
| Child was born in a marriage that ended | |||
| divorce | 23.7% | ||
| widowhood | 4.7% | ||
| not classified | 4.4% | ||
| born in current marriage | 67.2% |