Table 4 Sons and daughters’ average years of schooling’s influence on parents’ life quality at old age (for different age groups
From: Does the number of children matter to the happiness of their parents?
Variables | 49–59 | 60–69 | 70 and above | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | |
Health | Relative economic status | Living with children | Health | Relative economic status | Living with children | Health | Relative economic status | Living with children | |
Sons’ average years of schooling | −0.06 (.014) | .035** (.017) | −.196*** (.045) | −.005 (.011) | .062** (.024) | .016 (.062) | .039 (.043) | .105*** (.041) | .056 (.115) |
Daughters’ average years of schooling | .030** (.014) | .080*** (.018) | −.011 (.043) | .031*** (.011) | .064*** (.022) | .114*** (.057) | .025 (.038) | .040 (.036) | −.088 (.103) |
Personal characteristic of the old-aged | |||||||||
Years of schooling | .017** (.008) | .021** (.010) | .042* (.024) | .013** (.007) | .038*** (.014) | .015 (.036) | .015 (.026) | .054** (.025) | −.037 (.071) |
Party membership | .002 (.129) | .361** (.159) | .360 (.382) | .100 (.093) | −.096 (.185) | −.821 (.536) | −.097 (.316) | −.141 (.302) | −.009 (.925) |
Number of siblings | .005 (.018) | −.025 (.023) | −.014 (.055) | .013 (.014) | .015 (.027) | .023 (.070) | .021 (.058) | .009 (.055) | .034 (.163) |
Geographical characteristic | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN |
Birth year of children | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN | IN |
Intercept | 4.248*** (.216) | 1.663*** (.265) | 2.323*** (.666) | 4.165*** (.154) | 1.375*** (.332) | −.2441*** (.879) | 2.650*** (.625) | 1.829*** (.597) | −.254 (1.672) |
Valid sample | 490 | 490 | 490 | 490 | 490 | 490 | 490 | 490 | 490 |
F-value | 2.460*** | 7.451*** | 44.131*** | 13.473*** | 3.683*** | 16.803 | .721 | 2.344*** | 11.673 |
R 2 | .049 | .135 | .115 | .131 | .100 | .068 | .064 | .182 | .150 |