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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2021 Dec 2;292:114627. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114627

Adjusted prediction of weekly hours of help received from a child, by distance using a dummy variable for each proximity category (Sample: Dyads of parents aged 55+ without a disability and their children aged 25+; N=3,608)

Unadjusted estimates
Adjusted estimates (using two-part model)
Mean
First part (logit)
Second part (Gamma with log link)
Combined
N Weighted value 95% CI ARR p-value 95% CI Coef. p-value 95% CI Predicted values 95% CI

Coresident 562 1.67 [0.85 2.48] 1.22 0.32 [0.83 1.81] 0.89 0.004 [0.28 1.49] 1.04 [0.52 1.55]
Same block 230 1.30 [0.45 2.15] 1.11 0.66 [0.70 1.78] 0.93 0.004 [0.30 1.55] 0.98 [0.34 1.63]
<=2 miles, not same block 316 0.60 [0.27 0.94] 1.15 0.49 [0.77 1.71] 0.20 0.52 [−0.41 0.81] 0.49 [0.24 0.74]
2–5 miles 294 0.35 [0.20 0.50] 1.27 0.22 [0.86 1.88] −0.34 0.22 [−0.88 0.21] 0.32 [0.17 0.46]
5–10 miles 369 0.38 [0.17 0.58] (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref) (ref) 0.35 [0.15 0.55]
10–30 miles 479 0.22 [0.11 0.33] 0.74 0.14 [0.50 1.10] −0.51 0.10 [−1.11 0.10] 0.16 [0.08 0.24]
30–100 miles 398 0.33 [0.04 0.62] 0.63 0.04 [0.41 0.98] 0.29 0.49 [−0.54 1.12] 0.30 [0.04 0.55]
>100 miles 960 0.08 [0.04 0.12] 0.36 <0.001 [0.22 0.60] −0.46 0.09 [−1.00 0.07] 0.08 [0.04 0.13]

Note: Dummy variables for categories of proximity were used (reference category was 5–10 miles). Adjustment variables include parent’s age, gender, race/ethnicity, spousal status, number of children, and wealth (adjusted by household size), and child’s age, gender, education, working status, and the status of having a minor child. Predicated values for the adjusted model were evaluated by holding all covariates at their mean values of the corresponding analysis sample (N=3,608).