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Table 4 Regression analysis by different marital status

From: Research on grandchild care and depression of chinese older adults based on CHARLS2018: the mediating role of intergenerational support from children

Depression

Married

Divorced\widowed\never married

Model1

Model2

Model3

Model4

Care

0.337

0.195

1.273***

1.175**

(0.268)

(0.268)

(0.483)

(0.486)

Age

-0.100***

-0.0947***

-0.116***

-0.111***

(0.0250)

(0.0249)

(0.0362)

(0.0363)

Gender

1.377***

1.402***

1.594***

1.753***

(0.262)

(0.261)

(0.481)

(0.485)

Numbers of Children

0.293***

0.376***

0.0470

0.0759

(0.0935)

(0.0947)

(0.134)

(0.135)

Education

-0.646***

-0.630***

-0.851**

-0.801**

(0.201)

(0.200)

(0.388)

(0.388)

Residence

0.587

0.407

1.092*

1.076*

(0.364)

(0.365)

(0.591)

(0.590)

Pension

1.621***

1.674***

-0.398

-0.313

(0.441)

(0.439)

(0.811)

(0.810)

Types of medical insurance

0.0216

0.0465

0.757***

0.766***

(0.137)

(0.136)

(0.240)

(0.241)

Number of Chronic Disease

0.758***

0.728***

0.993***

1.010***

(0.114)

(0.114)

(0.181)

(0.181)

ADL

3.779***

3.786***

3.879***

3.859***

(0.285)

(0.284)

(0.442)

(0.441)

Contact frequencey

 

-0.294***

 

-0.114

 

(0.0858)

 

(0.143)

Ln(econimic support)

 

-0.177***

 

-0.177**

 

(0.0457)

 

(0.0765)

Constant

8.328***

10.21***

9.498***

10.29***

(1.987)

(2.015)

(3.192)

(3.218)

Observations

2,492

2,492

1,048

1,048

R-squared

0.152

0.160

0.172

0.177

  1. Standard errors in parentheses
  2. *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1