Appendix Exhibit A17.

Adult child availability by demographic and socioeconomic status among adults 55+ with dementia (Sample: Adults 55+ with dementia and at least one ADL limitation who were community-dwelling at the previous interview; 2,852 persons and 4,259 person-year observations)

			Adult child present
			N. of adult children			Have an adult daughter		Have a non-full-time-working adult child		Proximity to adult children
	N. of obs	No adult child (%)	One (%)	Two(%)	Three or more (%)	No (%)	Yes (%)	No (%)	Yes (%)	None within 10 miles (%)	At least one within 10 miles (%)	At least one coresident (%)
Overall	4,259	9.4	13.2	24.4	53.0	14.8	75.8	28.2	62.4	20.9	41.7	28.0
Gender
Men	1,525	10.1	11.6	23.5	54.7	15.7	74.2	34.5	55.4	27.1	42.0	20.7
Women	2,734	9.0	14.1	24.9	52.0	14.4	76.6	24.6	66.4	17.5	41.5	32.1
Age
55–64	328	12.3	12.2	23.5	51.9	18.1	69.6	33.4	54.2	22.3	40.6	24.7
65–74	765	7.9	10.2	25.3	56.6	14.3	77.8	33.5	58.6	27.8	37.4	27.0
75–84	1,462	8.2	12.0	23.3	56.4	13.4	78.3	33.7	58.0	19.9	43.1	28.8
85+	1,704	10.3	15.8	25.3	48.6	15.4	74.3	19.4	70.3	18.4	42.6	28.6
Race/Ethnicity
NH White	2,447	8.7	13.9	28.3	49.0	15.5	75.8	31.4	59.9	23.6	45.1	22.5
NH Black	1,063	11.4	13.0	15.6	59.9	12.7	75.9	20.2	68.4	15.3	36.4	36.9
NH Others	114	10.2	17.5	22.4	49.9	20.0	69.8	27.1	62.7	21.5	32.0	36.3
Hispanic	634	9.9	8.9	17.5	63.6	13.1	77.0	23.6	66.5	15.3	34.4	40.4
Education
<12	2,469	9.8	11.7	18.9	59.6	14.3	75.9	21.9	68.2	18.6	40.6	31.0
12	978	8.9	17.1	31.9	42.1	13.6	77.5	34.0	57.1	21.6	42.6	26.8
13–15	472	8.1	14.2	27.1	50.7	18.8	73.1	36.6	55.3	20.2	47.2	24.5
16+	338	9.1	10.3	34.7	45.9	16.6	74.3	39.5	51.4	35.0	38.3	17.6
Total wealth
Bottom 25%	1,321	11.8	14.9	19.8	53.6	14.7	73.5	24.3	63.9	18.8	36.8	32.7
25–50%	1,045	7.9	11.5	21.1	59.5	13.9	78.2	25.0	67.1	20.1	37.6	34.4
50–75%	1,022	9.2	11.9	27.3	51.6	14.2	76.5	30.1	60.7	19.1	42.7	29.0
Top 25%	871	8.2	14.3	30.7	46.8	16.6	75.2	34.3	57.6	26.7	51.1	14.0

Source. Author’s analysis of data from the 2002–2014 Health and Retirement Study.