Table 3.

Regression Results of Probability of Receiving Private Financial Transfers (PFTs) and Log Dollar Amounts Received on the Unemployment Rate (N = 16,156)

Predictor	Receipta (Logit)			$ Received (logged)b (Tobitc)
	β	SE	OR	β	SE
Unemployment rate	0.10 **	.03	1.10	0.25**	.09
Income-to-needs ratio (ref.: 300+%)
<100% of poverty	0.80**	.09	2.22	2.25**	.27
100%–199%	0.64**	.08	1.90	1.87**	.26
200%–299%	0.52**	.09	1.68	1.54**	.27
Family structure (ref.: single)
Married	−0.55**	.07	0.58	−1.75**	.21
Cohabiting	−0.17**	.06	0.84	−0.48**	.17
Age at birth	−0.06**	.01	0.94	−0.19**	.02
Race/ethnicity (ref.: White)
Black	−0.01	.09	0.99	−0.30	.28
Hispanic	−0.51**	.11	0.60	−1.92**	.35
Other	0.20	.18	1.23	0.56	.56
Education (ref.: < high school)
High school	0.07	.08	1.08	0.23	.24
Some college	0.31**	.08	1.36	1.01**	.27
College or more	0.50**	.14	1.65	1.63**	.43
Foreign born	−0.93**	.11	0.40	−3.02**	.35
Gave a PFT	0.36**	.05	1.43	1.06**	.15
Impulsivity	0.04*	.02	1.04	0.15**	.06
Depression	0.32**	.09	1.38	1.11**	.29
Health status (ref.: Excellent/great)
Very good/good	0.17**	.06	1.18	0.50*	.20
Fair/poor	0.03	.12	1.03	0.10	.39
Substance abuse	0.23	.17	1.26	0.76	.52
Multipartnered fertility	−0.12	.07	0.88	−0.33	.23
Lived with bio parents at age 15	−0.08	.06	0.92	−0.29	.20
Grandmother’s education (ref.: < high school)
High school	0.22*	.09	1.25	0.68*	.29
Some college	0.57**	.11	1.77	1.84**	.35
College or more	0.73**	.12	2.08	2.44**	.38
Grandparent in household	0.32**	.07	1.38	1.00	.22

Note: Regressions control for city and interview year fixed effects (not shown). OR = odds ratio; ref. = reference category.

^aNumber of observations = 16,156.

^bNumber of observations = 15,993.

^cTobit coefficients are not directly interpretable beyond the significance level and direction.

^*p < .05.

^**p < .01.