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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Res Aging. 2013 Nov 18;36(5):568–602. doi: 10.1177/0164027513510325

Table 2.

Hybrid fixed and random effects regression models

Visit
Model 1 Model 2
Constant (wave 1 level of visiting) 4.07*** 4.45***
Time (change in visit from wave 1 to wave 2) −0.17*** −0.16
Parent-Adult Child Spatial Proximity
Stayed middle −1.26***
Stayed far −2.54***
Close to middle −0.38***
Close to far −0.21***
Middle to close −0.92***
Middle to far −1.52***
Far to close −2.32***
Far to middle −2.40***
Stayed close Reference
Stayed middle * time −0.24***
Stayed far * time −0.03
Close to middle * time −0.71***
Close to far * time −1.93***
Middle to close * time 0.69***
Middle to far * time −0.75***
Far to close * time 2.27***
Far to middle * time 0.83***
Parent’s Marital Status
Not married (separate/divorced) → Married −0.09
Not married (widowed) → Married 0.02
Married → Separate/divorced −0.24*
Married → Widowed −0.00
Not married (never/sep/div/widow) → Not married −0.26***
Married → Married Reference
Not married (separate/divorced) → Married * time −0.05
Not married (widowed) → Married* time 0.22
Married → Separate/divorced* time −0.27*
Married → Widowed* time −0.08
Not married (never/sep/div/widow) → Not married * time −0.02
Parent’s Health
Deviation from average health 0.02
Average health between 2 waves 0.01
Coresidence with Adult Child(ren)
Coliving → Non-coliving 0.09
Coliving → Coliving 0.13**
Non-coliving → Coliving 0.01
Non-coliving → Non-coliving Reference
Coliving → Non-coliving* time −0.10
Coliving → Coliving* time −0.17***
Non-coliving → Coliving* time 0.03
Parent’s Age
Deviation from average age 0.01
Average age between 2 waves 0.00**
Parent/Family Controls
Parent’s sex (Reference: male) 0.12***
Parent’s education 0.01*
Black (Reference: non-Black) −0.02
Hispanic (Reference: non-Hispanic) 0.07
Number of children −0.05***
Adult Child’s Marital Status
Not married → Married 0.14***
Married → Not married −0.03
Not married → Not married −0.01
Married → Married Reference
Not married → Married* time −0.11*
Married → Not married* time −0.00
Not married → Not married* time −0.06
Adult Child’s Parental Status
No child → No child −0.08*
No child → Have child(ren) −0.08+
Have child(ren) → Have child(ren) Reference
No child → No child* time 0.09*
No child → Have child(ren)* time 0.17***
Adult Child’s Time-Invariant Characteristics
Adult child’s sex (Reference: male) 0.12***
Adult child’s sex* time 0.08**
Biological child (Reference: stepchild) 0.41***

Random effects
Family level
 Var (time) .27 .25
 Var (constant) .72 .29
 Var (time, constant) −.15 −.12
Child level
 Var (time) .14 .07
 Var (constant) 1.00 .25
Var (residual) .66 .48

Observations 12,090 12,090
chi2 81.12 12584
df 1 55

p-values, for two-tailed significance tests, are identified as:

+

p<=0.1;

*

p<=0.05;

**

p<=0.01; and

***

p<=0.001