Declines in Health and Support Between Parents and Adult Children: Insights from Diabetes

Solveig A. Cunningham (), Gloria L. Beckles () and Jannie Nielsen ()
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Solveig A. Cunningham: Emory University
Gloria L. Beckles: Division of Diabetes Translation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jannie Nielsen: Emory University

Population Research and Policy Review, 2022, vol. 41, issue 4, No 14, 1699-1723

Abstract: Abstract We investigate associations between a diabetes diagnosis and financial and instrumental transfers between parents and adult children. Data are from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, a nationally representative household cohort from the USA with prospective data on diabetes and cross-sectional data on transfers for households in which the head and partner had adult children (n = 4210) or surviving parents (n = 6930). We used survey-adjusted multivariate logistic regressions to compare the probabilities of receiving and giving intergenerational transfers in households where the head and/or partner were recently diagnosed with diabetes or had diabetes-related limitations in daily activities. Households with a diabetes diagnosis in the previous 2 years were less likely than those without diabetes to give money to adult children (OR = 0.46, p

Keywords: Transfer; Intergenerational support; Diabetes; Chronic disease; Parents; Adult children; Aging (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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