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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 12.
Published in final edited form as: China Economic J. 2015 Nov 24;8(3):191–214. doi: 10.1080/17538963.2015.1102473
Total sample Urban parent Rural parent



Coef. S.E. Coef. S.E. Coef. S.E.
Child Characteristics
Child Age −0.018*** (0.003) −0.034*** (0.006) −0.011** (0.004)
Child Age^2/100 0.015*** (0.003) 0.027*** (0.006) 0.008* (0.005)
Sons (Middle Sons as Reference)
  Oldest Son 0.028** (0.011) 0.048** (0.020) 0.018 (0.014)
  Youngest Son 0.097*** (0.012) 0.109*** (0.021) 0.091*** (0.015)
Daughter −0.076*** (0.010) −0.033** (0.017) −0.095*** (0.012)
Married −0.190*** (0.018) −0.143*** (0.031) −0.211*** (0.022)
# of Grandchild <16 0.006 (0.006) 0.010 (0.014) 0.006 (0.007)
Rural Hukou 0.064*** (0.012) 0.020 (0.022) 0.087*** (0.013)
Education
  Primary School 0.005 (0.013) −0.025 (0.033) 0.009 (0.015)
  Middle School 0.011 (0.016) 0.003 (0.037) 0.005 (0.018)
  High School 0.016 (0.021) −0.001 (0.039) 0.016 (0.027)
  P-value for Child Education 0.855 0.475 0.889
Child Annual Income
  5k–50k −0.032 (0.020) −0.033 (0.036) −0.032 (0.024)
  50k & above −0.063** (0.030) −0.070 (0.049) −0.064* (0.037)
  P-value for Child Income 0.096 0.360 0.207
Sibling Characteristics
Max Sibling Age −0.004 (0.002) −0.009* (0.005) −0.002 (0.003)
Max Sibling Annual Income
  5k–50k 0.052 (0.040) 0.078 (0.070) 0.045 (0.049)
  50k & Above 0.063 (0.051) 0.154* (0.082) 0.012 (0.065)
  P-values for Sibling Income 0.400 0.150 0.491
Max Sibling Education
  Primary School −0.083 (0.064) −0.022 (0.094) −0.096 (0.073)
  Middle School −0.096 (0.065) −0.041 (0.093) −0.112 (0.074)
  High School & Above −0.073 (0.067) −0.020 (0.096) −0.085 (0.079)
  P-values for Sibling Education 0.379 0.919 0.402
R-Square 0.158 0.167 0.163
Observations 9812 3128 6684

Notes:

1

Sample includes adult children aged 25 and older who have at least one parent no younger than 60 in families with at least two sons.

2

Robust standard errors are reported.

3

***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.1.