Table 2.

Provision of Parental Care by Sibling(s)’ Coresidence Status Group and Wave

Coresidence status group	N	Proportion of children providing informal care 1993	Proportion of children providing informal care 1998	Difference in proportion providing informal care (Wave 3 [1998] − Wave 1 [1993])	Hours of care provided 1993	Hours of care provided 1998	Difference in hours of care provided (Wave 3 [1998] − Wave 1 [1993])
Sibling and parent begin coresiding	103	0.18	0.16	−0.02	18.1	10.8	−7.3
Sibling and parent coreside in both waves	239	0.06	0.08	0.02	3.4	7.4	4.0
Sibling(s) and parent no longer coreside	77	0.12	0.31	0.19	5.3	22.1	16.8
Parent does not coreside with any child in either wave	685	0.27	0.33	0.06	21.3	29.9	8.6