Table 1.
Means (and Standard Deviations) of Study Variables by Adult Child Coresidential Transitions, 2008 to 2010.
| Variable | Total (N = 11,277) |
Stably without coresidential adult children (n = 8,476) |
Stably coresidential adult child (n = 1,760) |
Exit of coresidential adult child (n = 841) |
New coresidential adult child (n = 520) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depressive symptoms 2012 (0–8) | 1.39 (1.94) |
1.31 (1.88) |
1.58*
(2.02) |
1.47*
(2.07) |
1.85*
(2.16) |
| Depressive symptoms 2008 (0–8) | 1.34 (1.91) |
1.25 (1.84) |
1.54*
(2.00) |
1.64*
(2.17) |
1.68*
(2.16) |
| Functional limitations 2008 (0–5) | .20 (.68) |
.19 (.63) |
.28*
(.81) |
.22 (.73) |
.32*
(.86) |
| Female (%) | 60.67 | 58.95 | 66.19* | 63.61* | 69.62* |
| Age 2010 (50–101) | 69.87 (9.19) |
70.72 (8.91) |
67.69*
(9.72) |
64.75*
(8.63) |
68.49*
(9.51) |
| U.S. census region (%) | |||||
| Northeast | 14.37 | 14.07 | 16.48* | 14.51 | 11.35 |
| Midwest | 25.92 | 27.11 | 21.53* | 25.80 | 19.62* |
| South | 40.49 | 40.11 | 40.45 | 42.21 | 42.12 |
| West | 19.21 | 18.71 | 21.53* | 17.48 | 26.92* |
| Race-ethnicity (%) | |||||
| White | 74.30 | 79.72 | 54.66* | 60.88* | 55.00* |
| African American | 13.99 | 11.82 | 20.85* | 20.33* | 23.46* |
| Hispanic | 9.45 | 6.45 | 21.03* | 16.88* | 18.27* |
| Other | 2.26 | 2.01 | 3.47* | 1.90 | 3.27* |
| Years of education (0–17) | 12.66 (3.12) |
12.88 (2.91) |
11.79*
(3.67) |
12.34*
(3.69) |
11.73*
(3.54) |
| Household income 2010 (%) | |||||
| 1st quartile | 25.00 | 22.41 | 34.43* | 28.06* | 37.69* |
| 2nd quartile | 25.00 | 25.69 | 22.39* | 22.12* | 26.15 |
| 3rd quartile | 25.00 | 26.35 | 20.74* | 21.88* | 17.50* |
| 4th quartile | 25.00 | 25.54 | 22.44* | 27.94 | 18.65* |
| Employed 2010 (%) | 32.34 | 30.01 | 38.87* | 46.86* | 33.46 |
| Marital status 2010 (%) | |||||
| Married/partnered | 66.30 | 68.90 | 58.75* | 64.80* | 47.69* |
| Separated/divorced | 11.70 | 10.71 | 13.47* | 15.22* | 17.31* |
| Widowed | 20.72 | 19.18 | 26.12* | 18.74 | 32.70* |
| Never married | 1.28 | 1.19 | 1.65 | 1.19 | 2.12 |
| Number of adult children (1–20) | 3.53 (2.08) |
3.40 (2.00) |
3.90*
(2.19) |
4.08*
(2.39) |
4.40*
(2.40) |
*
Significantly different from those stably without coresidential adult children at p < .05, two-tailed t tests.