Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics of Sample at Baseline (N = 25,058 persons)

Parent characteristics	Mean/percentage	SE	Children’s characteristics
Depressive symptoms	1.6	0.0	Education
Age	63.7	0.2	No children with college	51.1%
Male	42.4%		Some with college	31.7%
Race/ethnicity			All with college	17.2%
NH White	68.5%		Gender
NH Black	17.5%		No daughters	21.1%
Hispanic	11.4%		Some daughters	58.5%
NH Other	2.6%		All daughters	20.4%
Foreign-born	12.0%		Marital/partner status
Marital status			No children partnered	17.3%
Married/partnered	69.4%		Some children partnered	48.7%
Separated/divorced	13.3%		All children partnered	34.0%
Widowed	15.5%		Transfers to parents, US$500+	4.6%
Never married	1.8%		Homeownership
Number of children	3.80	0.02	No children homeowners	34.3%
Education			Some children homeowners	39.9%
< H.S.	23.6%		All children homeowners	25.8%
H.S./GED	52.9%		Income
Some College	4.9%		No children earn 35k+	45.3%
College +	18.6%		Some children earn 35k+	32.0%
Income			All children earn 35k+	22.7%
1st quartile	23.0%		Child proximity
2nd quartile	23.4%		No child lives w/in 10 miles	36.8%
3rd quartile	25.4%		1+ child coreside(s)	20.0%
4th quartile	28.1%		1+ child within 10 miles	43.2%
Wealth
1st quartile	27.0%
2nd quartile	25.8%
3rd quartile	24.3%
4th quartile	22.9%

Source: HRS, 2000–2012.