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Table 4 The interaction of women’s marital power and the spousal relationship on intergenerational support in the family N = 1139

From: Marital power, spousal relationship, and intergenerational support

Variable

Model 7 Economic support to paternal parents

Model 8 Economic support to paternal parents

Wife’s marital power

.61**

(.23)

.53+

(.32)

Spousal relationship

.67**

(.19)

.52*

(.25)

Wife’s marital power (spousal relationship)

− .10**

(.03)

− .07

(.04)

Wife’s age

.02*

(.01)

− .01

(.01)

Wife’s education level

.18*

(.09)

.07

(.10)

Education gap between husband and wife

− .23**

(.07)

− .09

(.07)

Household income (10,000 RMB)

.03*

(.01)

.08+

(.05)

Parental support from husband’s parents in the past (compared to “a little”)

 Some

.09

(.15)

  

 Quite a lot

.41

(.40)

  

Parental support from wife’s parents in the past (compared to “a little”)

 Some

  

.04

(.14)

 Quite a lot

  

.29

(.38)

Coresidence with parents

.16

(.21)

− .32+

(.20)

Husband’s siblings

.04

(.04)

  

Wife’s siblings

  

.06

(.05)

Hukou

.15

(.19)

− .06

(.19)

Region (compared to “central”)

 East

.27+

(.16)

.38*

(.17)

 West

.18

(.20)

− .07

(.19)

Pseudo R2

.03

.03

  1. + p < 0.01; *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001. Values in brackets are standard errors