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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 26.
Published in final edited form as: Vienna Yearb Popul Res. 2019 Dec 3;17:163–197. doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2019s163

Table 2:

Log odds of providing various forms of household informal care

Overall Child care Adult care
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
(Intercept) −3.31*** −3.38*** −3.49*** −3.59*** −4.44*** −4.42***
Age 0.17*** 0.17*** 0.19*** 0.19*** −0.05** −0.05**
Age squared −0.01*** −0.01*** −0.01*** −0.01*** 0** 0**
Sex (female ref.)
 Male −0.85*** −0.88*** −0.92*** −0.96*** −0.04 −0.04
Race/ethnicity (non-Hispanic white ref.)
 Non-Hispanic black −0.21*** −0.25*** 0.15
 Non-Hispanic Asian −0.17 −0.15 −0.38
 Hispanic of any race −0.14* −0.17* 0.09
Nativity (U.S./Canada ref.)
 Born in Europe 0.03 0.12 0.42
 Born in West/Central Asia 0.25 0.19 1.02*
 Born in East Asia 0.05 0.11 0.22
 Born in Latin America or Mexico 0.20 0.30 −0.08
 Born in Africa 0.20 0.33 −0.24
 Born in Australia or New Zealand −0.21 −0.15 2.30
Decade of immigration (native-born ref.)
 Prior to 1950
 1950–1959 7.27 7.21 7.13 7.17 −7.68 −7.90
 1960–1969 0.05 0.10 −0.10 0.02 0.12 0.32
 1970–1979 −0.22 −0.18 −0.33 −0.22 −0.09 0.22
 1980–1989 −0.13 −0.05 −0.18 −0.03 −0.07 −0.06
 1990–1999 −0.14 −0.05 −0.19 −0.03 −0.42 −0.30
 2000 onward −0.06 0.03 −0.09 0.06 −0.51 −0.32*
Family income ($25,000 increments) 0.01 0.03* 0.03* 0.04*** −0.06* −0.06**
Educational attainment (< high school ref.)
 High school 0.59*** 0.62*** 0.66*** 0.68*** 0.03 0.08
 Some college/college 0.85*** 0.90*** 0.91*** 0.96*** 0.22 0.27*
 Professional/Ph.D. 1.06*** 1.12*** 1.12*** 1.19*** 0.27 0.32*
School enrolment (not in school ref.)
 Enrolled −0.41*** −0.42*** −0.44*** −0.46*** −0.05 −0.03
Employment status (employed ref.)
 Unemployed 0.35*** 0.33*** 0.33*** 0.31*** 0.24* 0.26*
 Not in labour force 0.34*** 0.34*** 0.32*** 0.33*** 0.15 0.15
Hours spent working −0.02*** −0.02*** −0.02*** −0.02*** −0.04*** −0.04***
Presence of spouse or partner 0.84*** 0.86*** 0.72*** 0.74*** 1.63*** 1.59***
Num. of HH children under 18 1.01*** 1.01*** 1.11*** 1.11*** −0.06* −0.04
Num. of other HH adults −0.16*** −0.17*** −0.32*** −0.32*** 0.47*** 0.47***
Interactions
 Male × Non-Hispanic black −0.28*** −0.30** −0.21
 Male × Non-Hispanic Asian 0.22 0.26 0.23
 Male × Hispanic of any race −0.18 −0.31** 0.21
 Male × Born in Europe −0.35 −0.50 −1.17
 Male × Born in West/Central Asia −0.51 −0.57 −1.56*
 Male × Born in East Asia −0.19 −0.46 0.14
 Male × Born in Latin America or Mexico −0.63 −0.76* −0.50
 Male × Born in Africa −0.45 −0.87* 0.77
 Male × Born in Australia or New Zealand 0.78 0.69 −1.35
 Male × Immigrated prior to 1950
 Male × Immigrated in 1950–1959
 Male × Immigrated in 1960–1969 0.29 0.19 0.78 0.50 −0.39 −0.98
 Male × Immigrated in 1970–1979 0.55 0.10 0.90* 0.25 0.11 −0.45
 Male × Immigrated in 1980–1989 0.54 0.09 0.85* 0.17 −0.52 −0.66
 Male × Immigrated in 1990–1999 0.41 −0.14 0.58 −0.17 0.86 0.47
 Male × Immigrated in 2000 onward 0.40 −0.10 0.53 −0.17 0.83 0.43
Hosmer-Lemeshow GOF test (df = 8) 579.95*** 647.43*** 814.76*** 896.06*** 66.28*** 67.46***
AIC 28919 29610 27354 28027 9963.5 10244
Likelihood ratio test (df = 18) 86.041*** 113.425*** 35.550**

Note:

***

p < 0.001

**

p < 0.01

*

p < 0.05