Table 4a:
Estimated probit coefficients of demographic, socioeconomic, and health variables on the probability of coresiding with children
| Exogenous variables | Coeff. | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| Parents’ characteristics | ||
| Age | 0.020 | 0.000 |
| Gender | −0.132 | 0.003 |
| Education (Ref. none) | ||
| Elementary | −0.064 | 0.314 |
| Secondary | −0.294 | 0.000 |
| Marital Status (Ref. in union) | ||
| Widows | 0.472 | 0.000 |
| No unión | 0.272 | 0.000 |
| Health status (IADL) | 0.238 | 0.000 |
| Head | −0.341 | 0.000 |
| Proximity | −0.224 | 0.000 |
| Wealth | 0.418 | 0.000 |
| Children’s characteristics (all children) | ||
| Males (number) | −0.076 | 0.782 |
| Females (number) | −0.136 | 0.622 |
| Marital status (number) | ||
| Single | 0.204 | 0.000 |
| Married | −0.439 | 0.000 |
| Other | −0.451 | 0.000 |
| Employment (number) | −0.171 | 0.000 |
| Education (number) | ||
| None | −0.058 | 0.107 |
| Elementary | 0.021 | 0.348 |
| Secondary or more | −0.035 | 0.119 |
| Number of children | 0.801 | 0.004 |
| Children’s median age | −0.035 | 0.000 |
| Country differences | ||
| Argentina | 0.181 | 0.022 |
| Barbados | −0.553 | 0.000 |
| Brazil | 0.433 | 0.000 |
| Chile | 0.566 | 0.000 |
| Cuba | 0.928 | 0.000 |
| Mexico | 0.507 | 0.000 |
| Constant | −1.935 | 0.000 |
| LR chi square | 4850 | 0.000 |
| Pseudo R square | 0.410 | |
| N | 9106 | |