Table 2 Number of sons and daughters and their influence on life quality of elderly parents
From: Does the number of children matter to the happiness of their parents?
Variables | Health condition | Economic status | Living environment | Living pattern | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | |
Self-assessment | Physical mobility | Self-assessment of relative economic status | Meat consumption | Flooring | Cooking energy | Living with children | |
Number of living sons | −.077*** (.026) | −.045* (.025) | −.033 (.031) | −.108** (.045) | −.119*** (.028) | −.307*** (.072) | .124 (.075) |
Number of living daughters | −.057*** (.020) | .050*** (.005) | −.029 (.024) | −.009 (.033) | −.074*** (.022) | −.202*** (.054) | .101* (.057) |
Personal characteristics of respondents | |||||||
Years of schooling | .017*** (.005) | .012** (.005) | .040*** (.007) | .018** (.009) | .025*** (.006) | .080*** (.015) | .027* (.015) |
Age | −.018*** (.003) | −.032*** (.003) | −.021*** (.004) | −.015*** (.005) | −.026*** (.004) | −.040*** (.009) | −.098*** (.010) |
Party membership | .158** (.077) | .108 (.075) | .247*** (.093) | .200* (.118) | .059 (.084) | .201 (.215) | −.240 (.226) |
Number of siblings | .001 (.011) | .014 (.011) | −.003 (.013) | .036** (.019) | −.011 (.012) | −.050 (.031) | −.043 (.032) |
Mountainous areas | .111** (.055) | .060 (.053) | .091 (.066) | −.045 (.088) | .134** (.060) | −.825*** (.149) | −.677*** (.163) |
Hilly areasa | −.116** (.059) | −.111** (.057) | .112 (.071) | .392*** (.103) | −.087 (.064) | −.736*** (.159) | −.029 (.162) |
Intercept | 4.378*** (.211) | 6.261*** (.205) | 3.904*** (.256) | 4.785*** (.352) | 4.748*** (.231) | 3.450*** (.591) | 5.032*** (.626) |
Valid sample | 1454 | 1454 | 1454 | 1454 | 1454 | 1454 | 1454 |
F-value | 15.113*** | 27.183*** | 18.203*** | 7.752*** | 24.11*** | 229.768*** | 159.571*** |
R 2 | .076 | .128 | .090 | .077 | .116 | .192 | .141 |