Table 5.

Logistic Multilevel Models for Each Type of Daily Support Participants Provide by Affection and Rewards of Helping Family Members

	Emotional support				Advice				Practical help
	B	SE	p value	Odds ratio	B	SE	p value	Odds ratio	B	SE	p value	Odds ratio
Fixed effects
Intercept	−4.71	1.30	<.001		−2.45	1.10	.03		−2.61	1.24	.04
Generationa	−0.25	0.09	<.01	0.78	−0.61	0.09	<.001	0.55	−0.23	0.11	.04	0.80
Positive relationship qualityb	0.49	0.08	<.001	1.64	0.36	0.07	<.001	1.44	0.35	0.09	<.001	1.42
Rewards of helping family memberc	0.08	0.07	.27	1.08	0.11	0.07	.08	1.12	0.06	0.08	.41	1.07
Control variables
Participant: Genderd	−0.11	0.19	.56	0.90	−0.19	0.16	.23	0.82	−0.28	0.18	.12	0.76
Participant: Age	0.00	0.02	.95	1.00	−0.02	0.02	.18	0.98	−0.02	0.02	.32	0.98
Participant: Years of education	0.10	0.05	.03	1.11	0.09	0.04	.03	1.10	0.09	0.05	.04	1.10
Participant: Healthe	0.07	0.10	.52	1.07	0.02	0.09	.86	1.02	0.04	0.10	.69	1.04
Participant: Minority statusf	−0.10	0.22	.66	0.91	−0.06	0.18	.73	0.94	−0.06	0.20	.75	0.94
Family member: Genderd	−0.39	0.09	<.001	0.68	−0.26	0.09	<.01	0.77	−0.47	0.11	<.001	0.63
Family member: Distanceg	−0.19	0.02	<.001	0.83	−0.20	0.02	<.001	0.82	−0.48	0.03	<.001	0.62
Random effects
Intercept VAR (Level 2: Day)	0.19	0.08	.02		0.19	0.08	.01		0.09	0.10	.32
Intercept VAR (Level 3: Participant)	1.20	0.18	<.001		0.79	0.13	<.001		0.90	0.15	<.001
−2 (pseudo) log-likelihood	21096.83				20639.59				23014.39

Note: Participant: N = 191; Day N = 1,261; Family member N = 707 (offspring n = 454; parent n = 253). VAR = variance.

^a0 = offspring generation, 1 = parent generation.

^bMean scores of 2 items rated 1 = not at all to 5 = a great deal.

^cRated 1 = not at all to 5 = a great deal.

^d0 = female, 1 = male.

^e1 = poor, 2 = fair, 3 = good, 4 = very good, 5 = excellent.

^f0 = non-Hispanic white, 1 = racial/ethnic minority.

^gDistance in miles using a log transformation.