| Title | Financial assistance from middle-aged couples to parents and children: racial-ethnic differences. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1999 |
| Authors | Wong, R, Capoferro, C, Soldo, BJ |
| Journal | J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pagination | S145-53 |
| Date Published | 1999 May |
| ISSN Number | 1079-5014 |
| Call Number | pubs_1999_Wong_RJGSeriesB.pdf |
| Keywords | Aged, Child, ethnicity, Family Relations, Female, Financing, Personal, Humans, Intergenerational Relations, Male, Middle Aged, Parent-Child Relations, Racial Groups |
| Abstract | OBJECTIVES: To examine racial-ethnic differences in the allocation of financial transfers to parents, children, and others by middle-aged couples. METHODS: Multinomial specification of alternative recipients of financial transfers, using data from the 1992 Health and Retirement Survey. RESULTS: Transfer patterns are sensitive to parental health and wealth, to children being young or in school, as well as to the donors' health and wealth. Controlling for these and other factors, including family size and structure, Blacks and Whites are the most likely, and Hispanics the least likely, to financially help their parents compared to assisting offspring. Black couples are the most likely to sacrifice their own consumption to assist parents financially. DISCUSSION: Future research on transfers should attempt to capture unmeasured noneconomic sources of variation proxied by the race-ethnicity indicator. |
| DOI | 10.1093/geronb/54b.3.s145 |
| User Guide Notes | |
| Endnote Keywords | Child/Ethnicity/Gender/Family Relations/Financing, Personal/Intergenerational Transfers/Intergenerational Relations/Middle Age/Parent Child Relations/Support, U.S. Government--PHS |
| Endnote ID | 4355 |
| Alternate Journal | J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci |
| Citation Key | 6648 |
| PubMed ID | 10363045 |
| Grant List | 1K01 AG00647 / AG / NIA NIH HHS / United States |
