TY - JOUR T1 - Cohort Differences in Parental Financial Help to Adult Children. JF - Demography Y1 - 2018 A1 - John C Henretta A1 - Matthew F. Van Voorhis A1 - Beth J Soldo KW - Adult children KW - Cohort Studies KW - Financial aid KW - Intergenerational transfers AB - In this article, we examine birth cohort differences in parents' provision of monetary help to adult children with particular focus on the extent to which cohort differences in family structure and the transition to adulthood influence these changes. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study from 1994 to 2010, we compare financial help to children of three respondent cohorts as the parents in these birth cohorts from ages 53-58 to 57-62. We find that transfers to children have increased among more recent cohorts. Two trends-declining family size and children's delay in marriage-account for part of the increase across cohorts. However, other trends, such as the increase in the number of stepchildren and increasing child's income level, tend to decrease the observed cohort trend. VL - 55 IS - 4 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29907922?dopt=Abstract ER - TY - CHAP T1 - Cross-Cohort Differences in Health on the Verge of Retirement T2 - Redefining Retirement: How Will Boomers Fare? Y1 - 2007 A1 - Beth J Soldo A1 - Olivia S. Mitchell A1 - Tfaily, Rania A1 - John McCabe KW - Health Conditions and Status KW - Other KW - Retirement Planning and Satisfaction AB - Baby Boomers have left a unique imprint on US culture and society in the last 60 years, and it might be anticipated that they will also put their own stamp on retirement, the last phase of the life cycle. Yet because Boomers have not all fully retired, we cannot yet judge how they will fare as retirees. Instead, we focus on how this group compares with prior groups on the verge of retirement, that is, at ages 51-56. Accordingly, this chapter evaluates the stock of health which Early Boomers bring to retirement and compare these to the circumstances of two prior cohorts at the same point in their life cycles. Using three sets of responses from the Health and Retirement Study, we find some interesting patterns. Overall, the raw evidence indicates that Boomers on the verge of retirement are in poorer health their counterparts 12 years ago. Using a summary health index designed for this study, we find that those born 1948 to 1953 share health risks with the War Baby cohort. This suggests that most of the health decline instead began before the late 1940's. A more complex set of health conclusions emerges from the specific self-reported health measures. Boomers indicate they have relatively more difficulty with a range of everyday physical tasks, but they also report having more pain, more chronic conditions, more drinking and psychiatric problems, than their HRS earlier counterparts. This trend portends poorly for the future health of Boomers as they age and incur increasing costs associated with health care and medications. Using our health index, only those at the 75th percentile or higher are likely to be characterized as having good or better health. JF - Redefining Retirement: How Will Boomers Fare? PB - Oxford University Press CY - New York, NY N1 - ProCite field 6 : In ProCite field 8 : eds U4 - COHORT/health status/RETIREMENT JO - Cross-Cohort Differences in Health on the Verge of Retirement ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Cross pressures on middle-aged adults: a broader view. JF - J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci Y1 - 1996 A1 - Beth J Soldo KW - Adult KW - Age Distribution KW - Aged KW - Aged, 80 and over KW - Family KW - Female KW - Humans KW - Male KW - Middle Aged PB - 51B VL - 51 IS - 6 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8931626?dopt=Abstract U4 - Adult/Age Distribution/Aged, 80 and Over/Family/Psychology/Female/Caregiving ER -