Table 2. Intergenerational Caregiving—Longitudinal predictors of SWB (CWB: cognitive well-being; NA: negative affect: PA: positive affect): Results of fixed effects regressions (Waves 2–4).
| VARIABLES | CWB | CWB—Men | CWB—Women | NA | NA—Men | NA—Women | PA | PA—Men | PA—Women | Functional health | Functional health—Men | Functional health—Women | Mental health | Mental health—Men | Mental health—Women |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 0.0124*** | 0.0117*** | 0.0140*** | -0.00913*** | -0.00818** | -0.00984** | 0.00336+ | -0.000191 | 0.00798** | -0.576*** | -0.541*** | -0.588*** | -0.106*** | -0.0872** | -0.129** |
| (0.00238) | (0.00317) | (0.00359) | (0.00207) | (0.00272) | (0.00320) | (0.00183) | (0.00239) | (0.00282) | (0.0681) | (0.0949) | (0.0988) | (0.0253) | (0.0300) | (0.0426) | |
| Morbidity | -0.0371*** | -0.0370*** | -0.0347** | 0.0734*** | 0.0703*** | 0.0787*** | -0.0236*** | -0.0177* | -0.0286** | -1.213*** | -1.468*** | -0.940** | 0.369*** | 0.355*** | 0.398** |
| (0.00731) | (0.00942) | (0.0112) | (0.00665) | (0.00877) | (0.0103) | (0.00579) | (0.00717) | (0.00943) | (0.212) | (0.296) | (0.296) | (0.0801) | (0.105) | (0.126) | |
| Monthly household net income in Euro (log) | 0.114*** | 0.0701+ | 0.148** | 0.0172 | 0.0160 | 0.0148 | 0.0353 | 0.00963 | 0.0624+ | -0.498 | 1.067 | -2.113 | -0.149 | -0.368 | 0.148 |
| (0.0323) | (0.0414) | (0.0498) | (0.0278) | (0.0390) | (0.0399) | (0.0256) | (0.0370) | (0.0361) | (1.096) | (1.183) | (1.879) | (0.342) | (0.428) | (0.537) | |
| Number of important people in regular contact | -0.000148 | 0.000634 | -0.00184 | 0.00507+ | 0.00417 | 0.00681 | 0.00886*** | 0.00982** | 0.00699+ | -0.153+ | -0.110 | -0.183 | -0.0719* | -0.0424 | -0.106+ |
| (0.00305) | (0.00387) | (0.00485) | (0.00283) | (0.00377) | (0.00430) | (0.00247) | (0.00327) | (0.00379) | (0.0884) | (0.118) | (0.131) | (0.0339) | (0.0405) | (0.0572) | |
| Self-efficacy | 0.719*** | 0.748*** | 0.699*** | -0.310*** | -0.320*** | -0.298*** | 0.470*** | 0.463*** | 0.488*** | 3.483*** | 3.733** | 3.340** | -1.693*** | -2.083*** | -1.289* |
| (0.0346) | (0.0459) | (0.0524) | (0.0303) | (0.0422) | (0.0444) | (0.0275) | (0.0389) | (0.0392) | (0.863) | (1.217) | (1.203) | (0.348) | (0.475) | (0.503) | |
| Intergenerational informal caregiving (Ref.: no) | -0.0329 | 0.0473 | -0.0925+ | -0.0195 | -0.0260 | -0.0146 | -4.23e-05 | -0.0100 | 0.00704 | 0.509 | 0.0189 | 0.785 | 0.583 | 0.0848 | 0.985+ |
| (0.0352) | (0.0507) | (0.0480) | (0.0264) | (0.0431) | (0.0338) | (0.0249) | (0.0393) | (0.0323) | (1.005) | (1.596) | (1.290) | (0.378) | (0.426) | (0.578) | |
| Constant | -0.627 | -0.378 | -0.168 | 2.944*** | 2.831*** | 3.525*** | 1.146** | 1.512** | 0.925* | 127.6*** | 113.0*** | 127.1*** | 19.70*** | 18.01*** | 19.45*** |
| (0.494) | (0.585) | (0.456) | (0.308) | (0.393) | (0.410) | (0.434) | (0.509) | (0.367) | (10.51) | (11.75) | (16.70) | (3.912) | (4.436) | (5.429) | |
| Observations | 10,433 | 5,516 | 4,911 | 10,434 | 5,519 | 4,909 | 10,432 | 5,517 | 4,909 | 127.6*** | 113.0*** | 127.1*** | 10,248 | 5,417 | 4,825 |
| Number of Individuals | 7,511 | 3,921 | 3,587 | 7,511 | 3,924 | 3,584 | 7,509 | 3,922 | 3,584 | (10.51) | (11.75) | (16.70) | 7,388 | 3,855 | 3,530 |
| R2 | 0.212 | 0.236 | 0.200 | 0.120 | 0.124 | 0.124 | 0.162 | 0.165 | 0.169 | 0.0758 | 0.0992 | 0.0639 | 0.0388 | 0.0464 | 0.0472 |
Comments: Beta-Coefficients were reported; Cluster-robust standard errors in parentheses
*** p<0.001
** p<0.01
* p<0.05
+ p<0.10
Regressions are also controlled for family status, employment status and region. Observations with missing values were dropped (listwise deletion). CWB (SWLS, higher values indicate high CWB); NA (PANAS, high values indicate high NA); PA (PANAS, high values indicate high PA); Functional health (Subscale 'Physical Functioning' of the SF-36, high values indicate high functional health); Mental health (CES-D, high values indicate low mental health).