Table 1.

Percentage (SE) Lacking Different Types and Combinations of Close Kin among Adults Ages 45+, CHARLS, 2011 (N = 17,224)

		Ages 45–64		Ages 65+
	All 45+	Men	Women	Men	Women
Percent (SE) without each kin type
No biological parents	65.62 (0.58)	53.07 (1.00)	56.10 (1.02)	93.44 (0.62)	94.57 (0.61)
No biological siblings	10.30 (0.33)	4.82 (0.46)	4.82 (0.29)	22.30 (1.32)	26.56 (1.18)
No partner or spouse	14.75 (0.41)	7.54 (0.70)	8.33 (0.44)	18.86 (1.13)	45.25 (1.35)
No son (has only daughter(s))	14.95 (0.45)	18.22 (0.84)	17.34 (0.80)	8.37 (0.76)	7.01 (0.69)
No daughter (has only son(s))	26.06 (0.54)	30.30 (1.00)	29.25 (0.94)	16.53 (1.00)	16.46 (0.99)
No biological children	3.33 (0.24)	3.70 (0.30)	2.16 (0.22)	5.10 (1.01)	3.84 (0.97)
No children of any type	2.34 (0.22)	2.74 (0.25)	1.43 (0.19)	3.59 (0.99)	2.53 (0.95)
Percent (SE) lacking combinations of types
No spouse/partner and has mixed sex children	8.80 (0.30)	2.48 (0.40)	4.45 (0.31)	11.81 (0.91)	32.38 (1.25)
No spouse/partner and only son(s)	3.15 (0.24)	2.11 (0.52)	2.09 (0.22)	3.33 (0.48)	8.20 (0.76)
No spouse/partner and only daughter(s)	1.40 (0.13)	0.75 (0.14)	1.17 (0.16)	2.10 (0.54)	2.91 (0.46)
No spouse/partner and no biological children	1.36 (0.11)	2.10 (0.23)	0.54 (0.14)	1.71 (0.30)	1.35 (0.32)
No spouse/partner and no children of any type	1.25 (0.11)	1.89 (0.22)	0.52 (0.14)	1.78 (0.35)	1.12 (0.31)
No spouse/partner, no children of any type, and no biological parents	0.92 (0.09)	1.34 (0.17)	0.31 (0.10)	1.73 (0.35)	0.72 (0.22)
No spouse/partner, no children of any type, and no biological siblings	0.16 (0.04)	0.15 (0.05)	0.03 (0.02)	0.03 (0.11)	0.40 (0.20)
No spouse/partner, no children of any type, no biological parents, and no biological siblings	0.13 (0.03)	0.14 (0.05)	0.03 (0.02)	0.03 (0.11)	0.22 (0.09)
N	17,224	6,094	6,514	2,303	2,311

Note: Weighted by person-level weights to be nationally representative of noninstitutionalized adults ages 45 years and above. Two observations are missing for gender information. SE = Standard error.