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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Econ. 2014 Apr 17;24(2):224–237. doi: 10.1002/hec.3012

Table 4.

First-stage regression of caregiving for parent-in-law and for parent

Variable Caregiving for parent-in-law by daughter-in-law
Caregiving for parent by daughter
Coefficients (S.E.) Coefficients (S.E.)
Instrumental variables
 Father-in-law has ADL limitations 0.3940*** (0.1067) -
 Mother-in-law has ADL limitations 0.6178*** (0.0554) -
 Father has ADL limitations - 0.2206*** (0.0644)
 Mother has ADL limitations - 0.2564*** (0.0327)
Age (year) 0.0007 (0.0004) −0.0003 (0.0003)
Education
 Elementary school or less −0.0069 (0.0059) 0.0016 (0.0067)
 Middle school −0.0056 (0.0054) 0.0086 (0.0063)
 High school −0.0032 (0.0043) 0.0060 (0.0056)
 College or more (ref.) - -
Home ownership −0.0023 (0.0064) 0.0001 (0.0057)
Statutory medical security
 National Health Insurance (ref.) - -
 Medical Aid Type 1 −0.0055 (0.0076) 0.0336 (0.0301)
 Medical Aid Type 2 0.0385 (0.0238) 0.0014 (0.0137)
Voluntary private health insurance −0.0081** (0.0041) 0.0065 (0.0040)
Both parents(-in-law) living together −0.0141** (0.0056) −0.0078* (0.0041)
Residential area
 Metropolitan - -
 Small city −0.0059 (0.0046) −0.0145*** (0.0041)
 Rural −0.0073 (0.0064) −0.0103* (0.0058)
Survey wave
 Wave 1 (ref.) - -
 Wave 2 −0.0027 (0.0040) −0.0033 (0.0043)
 Wave 3 −0.0008 (0.0059) −0.0025 (0.0046)
Constant −0.0188 (0.0247) 0.0184 (0.0182)

Observations 2528 4108
R-squared 0.5841 0.2151
IV strength (F-statistic) 86.29*** 36.73***

Notes:

ADL, activity of daily living

Robust standard errors in parentheses

***

p<0.01,

**

p<0.05,

*

p<0.1.