Table 6.

Analysis of the relationship between intergenerational relationship quality and intergenerational exchange patterns and the depressive symptoms in the elderly (n = 8,015).

Type of variable	Name of variable	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
Independent variables	Intergenerational relationship quality (extremely poor)
	Not good			0.704
	Good			0.255***
	Very good			0.160***
	Excellent			0.144***
	Intergenerational economic exchange pattern (no exchange)
	Only provide		0.878	0.863
	Only receive		1.050	1.088
	Mutual support		0.682***	0.719*
	Intergenerational care exchange pattern (no exchange)
	Only provide		1.047	1.014
	Only receive		0.625**	0.674**
	Mutual support		0.616***	0.660***
	Intergenerational emotional exchange pattern (no exchange)
	Mutual support		0.745***	0.759*
Control variables	Gender (male)
	Female	1.597***	1.698***	1.728***
	Marital status (unmarried)
	Married	0.773**	0.842*	0.898
	Working status (non-working)
	Working	0.702**	0.738**	0.744***
	Education (illiteracy)
	Primary school	0.967	0.964	0.945
	Junior high school	0.717**	0.701***	0.686***
	Senior high school and above	0.586***	0.571***	0.564***
	Residence (rural)
	Urban	0.790*	0.788*	0.794*
	Type of insurance (no insurance)
	Medical insurance for urban workers	0.512**	0.526**	0.503**
	Medical insurance for urban and rural residents	0.740	0.785	0.784
	Medical insurance for urban residents	0.679*	0.684	0.689
	New rural cooperative medical insurance	0.902	0.936	0.948
	Other	0.533*	0.542*	0.521*
	Chronic diseases (no)
	Yes	1.632***	1.636***	1.619***
	Disabilities (no)
	Yes	1.883***	1.876***	1.844***
	Constant	0.681*	0.927	4.047***
Mode fitting effect	Hosmer and lemeshow test	0.949	0.648	0.82

^*p < 0.05; ^**p < 0.01; ^***p < 0.001.