Table 4.
Regressions for Effects of Parental Income on Total Support to All Children
| Financial support | Emotional support | Practical support | Advice | Companionship | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | SE | B | SE | B | SE | B | SE | B | SE | |
| Intercept | 372.79*** | 81.15 | 606.75*** | 126.20 | 393.14*** | 74.90 | 578.79*** | 93.54 | 379.95*** | 73.74 |
| Parent incomea | 16.61** | 5.67 | −18.80* | 8.81 | −11.83* | 5.23 | −14.08* | 6.53 | −24.48*** | 5.15 |
| Control variables | ||||||||||
| Parent genderb | −32.93* | 14.78 | −104.47*** | 22.99 | −29.42* | 13.64 | −39.63* | 17.04 | −2.33 | 13.43 |
| Parent age | −6.15*** | 1.52 | −4.35 | 2.36 | −4.58*** | 1.40 | −7.13*** | 1.75 | −3.68** | 1.38 |
| Parent minority statusc | −11.38 | 17.00 | 0.47 | 26.44 | −4.89 | 15.69 | 36.84 | 19.60 | 1.65 | 15.45 |
| All sonsd | −18.67 | 19.76 | −78.87* | 30.74 | −19.45 | 18.24 | −33.62 | 22.78 | −9.00 | 17.96 |
| Mix of sons and daughtersd | 16.97 | 18.81 | 94.31*** | 29.26 | 51.82** | 17.36 | 79.12*** | 21.68 | 69.94*** | 17.09 |
| F | 5.79*** | 11.63*** | 6.45*** | 11.02*** | 10.38*** | |||||
| Adjusted R2 | .05 | .10 | .05 | .09 | .09 | |||||
a
Household income in 2007; 1 = less than $10,000, 2 = $10,001–$25,000, 3 = $25,001–$40,000, 4 = $40,001–$75,000, 5 = $75,001–$100,000, and 6 = more than $100,000.
b
1 = male, 0 = female.
c
1 = racial minority, 0 = non-Hispanic White.
d
Comparison category = all daughters.
*
p < .05.
**
p < .01.
***
p < .001.