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Beck, Scott Herman |
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Predictors of the Presence of Parents in Households of Middle-Aged Women Presented: Acapulco, Mexico, 14th International Congress of Genrontology, 1989 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: International Congress of Gerontology Keyword(s): Coresidence; Family Influences; Household Structure; Racial Differences; Residence; Variables, Independent - Covariate Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Virtually all analyses of elderly parent-adult child coresidence have two commonalities: their population base is the elderly and the data are cross-sectional. In contrast, this investigation uses data from the NLS of Mature Woman to analyze the determinants of coresidence. Reports of household composition over four surveys during the years 1979-84 were used to create a binary dependent variable of adult child-parent (or parent-in-law) coresidence. Independent variables, usually based on information in the 1979 survey, included life status of parents and parents-in-law, number of brothers and sisters, marital status, presence of children (of middle-aged respondent), race, cohort, labor force participation of the female respondent, and income. Results of the logistic regression analyses indicate that family of origin and current family characteristics exert substantial effects on the likelihood of coresidence. Black middle-aged women are more likely to share a residence than whites. Surprisingly, neither labor force participation nor income exerted significant net effects. Substantive and methodological implications of the analysis are discussed. |
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Beck, Scott Herman. "Predictors of the Presence of Parents in Households of Middle-Aged Women." Presented: Acapulco, Mexico, 14th International Congress of Genrontology, 1989. |