Table 4.
Predicted Outcomes of Receiving Care From Children, Hours of Care, Unmet Need, Receiving Care From Partner, and Receiving Paid Care in the Last Month by Family Type, Stratified by Partnership Status
| Received any care from adult children (%) | Hours of care received from adult children, if any care from adult children (#) | Had any unmet needs (%) | Received any paid care (%) | Received any partner help (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unpartnered | |||||
| Family type | |||||
| Biological family | 71.0 (1.7) | 105.1 (5.9) | 55.4 (2.0) | 33.0 (2.1) | n.a. |
| Step family | 53.7a (6.7) | 100.2 (24.6) | 45.9 (7.3) | 33.0 (5.8) | n.a. |
| N | 1,455 | 861 | 1,455 | 1,455 | n.a. |
| Partnered | |||||
| Family type | |||||
| Biological family | 19.9 (2.1) | 82.4 (9.3) | 47.5 (2.3) | 9.9 (1.3) | 81.2 (1.9) |
| Step family | 6.0a (1.6) | 70.9 (21.2) | 49.2 (4.7) | 8.5 (2.2) | 86.4 (2.8) |
| N | 969 | 227 | 969 | 969 | 969 |
Notes: National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) respondents who needed help for health or functioning reasons and had any children aged 18 or older. Weighted by NHATS analytic and clustering weights. Standard errors in parentheses. Models control for all control variables except union status. n.a., not applicable.
aSignificantly different from older parents with only biological children, p < .05.