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Table 3 Results of children’s status quo on geriatric depression through intergenerational support

From: Adult children’s status quo and their non-cohabiting parents’ depressive symptoms among community-dwelling Chinese

 

Key variables

Frequency of meeting

Financial support

Depression

Total sample

Child educational attainment

-0.013

0.067***

-0.163***

(n = 3,396)

Child income level

-0.126***

0.345***

-0.218***

 

Child health status

0.195***

0.253***

-0.735***

 

Frequency of meeting

  

-0.244***

 

Financial support

  

-0.013

 

R-square

0.074

0.134

0.259

Urban residents

Child educational attainment

-0.004

0.103***

-0.151**

(n = 930)

Child income level

-0.131**

0.337***

-0.130

 

Child health status

0.204*

0.156

-0.849***

 

Frequency of meeting

  

-0.181*

 

Financial support

  

-0.028

 

R-square

0.052

0.150

0.276

Rural residents

Child educational attainment

-0.020

0.060***

-0.171***

(n = 2,466)

Child income level

-0.125***

0.351***

-0.250***

 

Child health status

0.200***

0.284***

-0.707***

 

Frequency of meeting

  

-0.268***

 

Financial support

  

-0.029

 

R-square

0.061

0.132

0.223

  1. Notes: * p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001 (two-tailed); All covariates were controlled