Table 1.

Characteristics of parents and adult children at wave 1 and from wave 1 to wave 2

Parental/family characteristics at wave 1			Parental/family characteristics from wave 1 to wave 2
	Category or Range	% or Mean(sd.)		Category or Range	% or Mean(sd.)
Age	30–89	57.6 (11.5)
Gender	Male	33.3
	Female	66.7
Education (years)	0–20	11.7 (3.1)
Race/Ethnicity	Non- Hispanic White	80.3
	Black	15.1
	Hispanic	4.6
Number of children at wave 1	1	8.5	Difference in number of children	−2 or more	1.5
	2	24.4		−1	1.4
	3	24.3		0	84.7
	4	16.7		1	5.9
	5 or more	26.1		2 or more	6.5
Marital status	Married	61.0	Marital status	Married → Married	52.6
	Separate	4.4		Not married (separate/divorced) → Married	2.5
	Divorced	14.6		Not married (widowed) → Married	.9
	Widowed	19.3		Married → Separate/divorced	2.8
	Never married	.7		Married → Widowed	5.6
				Not married (never/sep/div/widow) → Not married	35.7
Self-rated health	Very poor	2.4	Difference in self-rated health	−2 or more	4.4
	Poor	4.6		−1	23.1
	Fair	19.8		0	55.4
	Good	49.1		1	13.8
	Excellent	24.2		2 or more	3.2
Coresident adult child(ren)	No	65.7	Coresidence status	Non-coliving → Non-coliving	60.6
	Yes	34.3		Coliving → Non-coliving	14.9
				Coliving → Coliving	19.4
				Non-coliving → Coliving	5.1
N		2,414	N		2,414

Characteristics of adult children at wave 1			Characteristics of adult children from wave 1 to wave 2
	Category or Range	% or Mean(sd.)		Category or Range	% or Mean(sd.)
Frequency of visit during past 12 months	Not at all	5.9	Change in the frequency of visit from wave 1 to wave 2	−5	.4
	About once a year	10.4		−4	.8
	Several times a year	24.2		−3	3.5
	1 – 3 times a month	18.0		−2	8.2
	About once a week	15.9		−1	19.6
	Several times a week	25.6		0	44.7
				1	15.2
				2	5.0
				3	1.8
				4	.6
				5	.3
Age	19–75	33.2 (9.1)
Gender	Male	49.2
	Female	50.8
Biological or step child	Step	8.0
	Biological	92.0
Distance to parents	Close (0–25 miles)	52.4	Distance to parents from wave 1 to wave 2	Stayed close	43.6
	Middle (25–100miles)	12.7		Stayed middle	7.0
	Far (over100 miles)	34.9		Stayed far	28.5
				Close to middle	3.8
				Close to far	5.0
				Middle to close	2.9
				Middle to far	2.8
				Far to close	4.0
				Far to middle	2.4
Marital status	Unmarried	34.2	Marital status	Married → Married	57.1
	Married	65.8		Not married → Married	12.4
				Married → Not married	8.8
				Not married → Not married	21.8
Adult child’s parental status	No	32.6	Parental status from wave 1 to wave 2	Have grandchild(ren) → Have grandchild(ren)	67.4
	Yes	67.4		No grandchild → Have grandchild(ren)	12.4
				No grandchild → No grandchild	20.1
N		6,045	N		6,045