Table 2.

Growth Curve Model Estimates of the Impact of Relationship Quality With Children on Cognitive Limitations^a

	Full sample		Men	Women
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4
Key independent variables
Intercept	0.827*** (0.100)	0.762*** (0.120)	0.677*** (0.162)	0.861*** (0.129)
Support from children	0.008 (0.017)	0.022 (0.025)	0.024 (0.025)	−0.034 (0.020)
Strain from children	0.016 (0.018)	0.045 (0.031)	0.052 (0.031)	0.049* (0.021)
Female	−0.023 (0.030)	0.084 (0.121)
Female × Support from children		−0.024 (0.033)
Female × Strain from children		−0.043 (0.037)
Linear slope (age)	0.015** (0.005)	0.023** (0.007)	0.024** (0.007)	0.013* (0.005)
Support from children	−0.002* (0.001)	−0.004* (0.002)	−0.004* (0.002)	−0.001 (0.001)
Strain from children	−0.001 (0.001)	−0.005 (0.002)	−0.005* (0.002)	−0.000 (0.001)
Female	0.002 (0.002)	−0.010 (0.009)
Female × Support from children		0.003 (0.003)
Female × Strain from children		0.006* (0.003)
Observations	2,788		961	1,827
Number of individuals	1,800		635	1,165

Note: Standard errors in parentheses. Models control for race, birth cohort, education, income, marital status, number of children, children living in household, stressful life events, chronic conditions, activity limited by health, support from other relationships, strain from other relationships, waves participated in, and death during the survey period.

^aCognitive limitations were logged to reduce skew.

*p < .05.

**p < .01.

***p < .001.