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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Fam Issues. 2018 Jun 26;39(13):3535–3563. doi: 10.1177/0192513X18783805

Table 3.

Multivariate Analysis of the Correlates of Financial Help and Help when Ill Given to and Received from Family Members among African Americans

Receive Financial Help B(SE) Provide Financial Help B(SE) Receive Help when Ill B(SE) Provide Help when Ill B(SE)
Age −0.01(0.00)*** −0.00(0.00) 0.00(0.00) 0.00(0.00)*
Gender
 Male −0.01(0.04) −0.05(0.05) −0.07(0.06) −0.18(0.04)***
 Female 0 0 0 0
Education −0.03(0.01)* −0.01(0.01) −0.04(0.01)*** −0.04(0.01)***
Family Income 0.00(0.00) 0.01(0.00) −0.00(0.00) −0.00(0.00)
Material Hardship 0.03(0.01) −0.01(0.01) −0.02(0.02) −0.01(0.01)
Employment Status
 Employed 0 0 0 0
 Unemployed 0.13(0.08) −0.08(0.07) 0.02(0.08) 0.04(0.06)
 Not in the Labor Force 0.15(0.06)* −0.03(0.07) 0.18(0.06)** −0.02(0.06)
Marital Status
 Married 0 0 0 0
 Cohabit 0.16(0.09) 0.09(0.11) −0.00(0.10) 0.03(0.08)
 Separated 0.08(0.10) −0.11(0.09) 0.01(0.08) −0.12(0.10)
 Divorced 0.11(0.07) −0.15(0.07)* 0.05(0.09) −0.16(0.08)
 Widowed 0.29(0.11)* −0.09(0.10) 0.24(0.11)* −0.23(0.11)*
 Never Married 0.36(0.07)*** 0.12(0.07) 0.33(0.08)*** 0.17(0.07)*
Region
 Northeast 0.01(0.06) −0.02(0.10) −0.11(0.09) −0.13(0.05)**
 North Central 0.03(0.06) −0.07(0.05) −0.06(0.05) −0.04(0.06)
 South 0 0 0 0
 West −0.27(0.05)*** −0.15(0.08) −0.36(0.13)** −0.19(0.12)
Frequency of Family Contact 0.01(0.02) 0.05(0.03) 0.05(0.02)* 0.06(0.02)**
Subjective Family Closeness 0.24(0.04)*** 0.06(0.05) 0.40(0.04)*** 0.23(0.04)***
R2 0.14 0.03 0.14 0.09
F 52.24 4.44 48.49 22.99
Prob > F <0.0001 0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001
N 2057 2058 2066 2071

B= regression coefficient; SE= standard error;

Note: Significance test of the individual parameter estimates were based on a complex design-corrected t-test.

*

p < .05;

**

p< .01;

***

p < .001