| 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:
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.
Robust standard errors are reported.
***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.1.