Table 2 OLS results on life satisfaction of the older people by caring for grandchildren (N = 5363)
From: Grandparenting and life satisfaction among Chinese elderlies: a study of possible mechanisms
Model 1 | Model 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Coefficient | SE | Coefficient | SE |
Grandchild care | 0.060* | (0.027) | 0.020 | (0.027) |
Age | 0.021*** | (0.002) | 0.022*** | (0.002) |
Sex | -0.098*** | (0.026) | -0.084*** | (0.025) |
Marital status | -0.024 | (0.033) | -0.030 | (0.033) |
Education level | 0.084** | (0.028) | 0.057* | (0.027) |
Urban and rural attributes | -0.081** | (0.029) | -0.098*** | (0.028) |
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) | -0.057*** | (0.007) | -0.046*** | (0.007) |
Employment status | 0.088** | (0.031) | 0.096** | (0.031) |
Income (logarithm) | 0.040*** | (0.009) | 0.030*** | (0.008) |
Suffer from chronic diseases | -0.214*** | (0.027) | -0.178*** | (0.027) |
Residency type | 0.179*** | (0.045) | 0.151*** | (0.044) |
Self-aging attitude | 0.014*** | (0.003) | ||
General aging attitude | 0.030*** | (0.004) | ||
Intergenerational economic support | 0.036*** | (0.007) | ||
Intergenerational instrumental support | 0.027** | (0.010) | ||
Intergenerational emotional support | 0.100*** | (0.014) | ||
Constant | 2.751*** | (0.167) | 1.807*** | (0.179) |
R-squared | 0.050 | 0.084 |