Table 2.

Unstandardized coefficients from regression of nonfamily experiences on receiving care (N = 1,654)

	1	2	3	4	5
Nonfamily experiences
Years of education		−.03
		(.04)
Ever lived separately from family			.11
			(.31)
Ever traveled to Kathmandu				.00
				(.24)
Index of non-family experiences					−.08
					(.15)
Health
Health status (1 = excellent, 4 = poor)	.71***	.70***	.71***	.71***	.70***
	(.17)	(.17)	(.17)	(.17)	(.17)
Caregiver availability
Number of sons	.11†	.11†	.12†	.11†	.11†
	(.06)	(.07)	(.07)	(.06)	(.07)
Number of daughters	.06	.06	.06	.06	.06
	(.13)	(.13)	(.13)	(.13)	(.13)
Wealth
Number of stories in house	−.12	−.13	−.13	−.12	−.12
	(.21)	(.21)	(.21)	(.21)	(.21)
Owns land	.21	.21	.21	.20	.20
	(.43)	(.43)	(.44)	(.43)	(.43)
Number of livestock	.01	.01	.01	.01	.01
	(.04)	(.04)	(.04)	(.04)	(.04)
Number of durables	.02	.03	.02	.02	.03
	(.09)	(.09)	(.09)	(.09)	(.09)
Has electricity	.76	.77	.77	.76	.76
	(.77)	(.76)	(.77)	(.77)	(.77)
Household income (Nepalese rupees)a
10,000	−.07	−.07	−.06	−.07	−.07
	(.42)	(.42)	(.42)	(.42)	(.42)
25,000	−.12	−.12	−.11	−.12	−.12
	(.38)	(.38)	(.38)	(.38)	(.38)
50,000	.09	.11	.09	.09	.09
	(.37)	(.37)	(.37)	(.37)	(.37)
Controls
Age cohortb
55 – 64 years	−.17	−.22	−.18	−.17	−.18
	(.26)	(.27)	(.26)	(.26)	(.26)
65 – 74 years	.28	.18	.27	.28	.26
	(.33)	(.35)	(.34)	(.33)	(.34)
75 and over	.38	.24	.38	.38	.34
	(.83)	(.85)	(.83)	(.83)	(.84)
Female	.50*	.38	.54*	.50*	.44†
	(.24)	(.27)	(.26)	(.24)	(.26)
Ethnicityc
Hill Tibeto Burmese	.28	.27	.27	.28	.29
	(.33)	(.33)	(.33)	(.33)	(.33)
Lower caste Hindu	.42	.38	.43	.42	.39
	(.39)	(.39)	(.39)	(.39)	(.39)
Newar	.31	.32	.31	.31	.32
	(.45)	(.45)	(.45)	(.45)	(.45)
Terai Tibeto Burmese	−.33	−.36	−.32	−.33	−.36
	(.38)	(.38)	(.38)	(.38)	(.38)
X2	31.43	31.91	31.47	31.44	31.60

Notes: Standard errors in parentheses.

^aExcluded group is 0 – 10,000;

^bExcluded group is ages 45 – 54;

^cExcluded group is Upper Caste Hindu.

^†p < .10.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.