Table 4.

Multilevel Models Predicting Grown Children’s (N = 592) Goals and Life Satisfaction

	Goals		Life Satisfaction
Model	Unstandardized Coefficient	SE	Unstandardized Coefficient	SE
Intercept	2.59***	0.16	5.95***	0.44
Intense supporta	0.10**	0.04	0.30**	0.10
Appraisal of parent supportb	0.01	0.02	−0.01	0.04
Control variables
Grown child genderc	−0.03	0.03	0.04	0.09
Grown child age	−0.00	0.00	−0.00	0.01
Grown child education	0.06***	0.01	0.11***	0.03
Grown child raced	0.22***	0.05	−0.24	0.14

Note: Five hundred ninety-two grown children reported on 1,158 parents.

^a0 = less support, 1 = intense support (i.e., multiple forms of support every week).

^b1 = less than would like, 2 = a little less, 3 = about right, 4 = a little more, 5 = more than would like.

^c0 = female, 1 = male.

^d0 = White, 1 = Black or multiracial.

^**p < .01.

^***p < .001.