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. 2016 Mar 24;73(3):372–381. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbw022

Table 2.

Regressions Predicting Parental Marital Quality From Coresidence Status and Parental Gender

Variables Wave 1 (2008) Wave 2 (2013)
B SE B SE B SE B SE
Intercept 2.69 0.48 2.76*** 0.47 2.20*** 0.52 2.28*** 0.53
Coresidencea −0.24* 0.12 −0.50** 0.15 −0.18 0.12 −0.35* 0.16
Parent gender −0.12 0.16 −0.00 0.17
Coresidencea × Parent genderb 0.57* 0.22 0.40 0.24
Covariates
 Has children under 18c −0.08 0.12 −0.14 0.12 −0.03 0.20 −0.05 0.20
 Number of living children 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.05 0.06
 Employedd 0.01 0.14 −0.00 0.14 0.09 0.14 0.10 0.14
 Years of education 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.01 0.03 0.01 0.03
 Racial/ethnic minoritye −0.24 0.15 −0.26 0.14 −0.32 0.16 −0.30 0.16
 Physical healthf 0.30*** 0.06 0.31*** 0.06 0.42*** 0.07 0.43*** 0.07
F 6.10*** 5.78*** 7.99*** 6.87***
Adjusted R2 .11 .13 .15 .16

Notes. a0 = not coresiding with an adult child and 1 = coresiding with one or more adult children.

b0 = mother and 1 = father.

c0 = no children under 18 and 1 = one or more children under 18.

d0 = not employed and 1 = employed.

e0 = non-Hispanic White and 1 = racial/ethnic minority.

f1 = poor, 2 = fair, 3 = good, 4 = very good, and 5 = excellent.

*p < .05. **p < .01. ***p < .001.