Life Events and Black-White Differences in Adult Children's Financial Assistance to Mothers.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Parents who experience life events with negative economic consequences may rely on adult children for financial assistance. This study provided national estimates of Black and White mothers' financial help from adult children. It also examined whether the Black-White difference in the likelihood of a mother's receipt of financial assistance persisted after accounting for life events reflecting parental need and children's ability to provide help.

Research design and methods

The Health and Retirement Study was used to examine late middle aged (51-70) Black and White mothers' financial help from adult children. Cross-sectional point estimates of financial help from noncoresident and coresident children were based on pooling these data. Random effects

SUBMITTER: Park SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6137347 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature