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Yiqing Yang and Ming Wen

Table 3. Odds ratio estimates from logistic regression of parental satisfaction (N=432)
Parental Satisfaction
Variables
Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5 Model 6
Relationship quality with offspring
All children met expectation (ref.) 1.00 1.00
At least one but not all met expectation 0.39** 0.61
None met expectation 0.19*** 0.30**
Emotional support from offspring
All children met expectation (ref.) 1.00 1.01
At least one but not all met expectation 0.58 0.71
None met expectation 0.31*** 0.68
Practical support from offspring
All children met expectation (ref.) 1.00 1.00
At least one but not all met expectation 0.77 1.03
None met expectation 0.49** 0.66
Financial support from offspring
All children met expectation (ref.) 1.00 1.00
At least one but not all met expectation 0.74 1.35
None met expectation 0.35*** 0.61
Offspring’s filial piety
All children met expectation (ref.) 1.00 1.00
At least one but not all met expectation 0.31*** 0.46*
None met expectation 0.10*** 0.15**
Controls
Age 1.04 1.03 1.03 1.03 1.04 1.06*
Female (ref.=male) 1.25 1.15 1.27 1.26 1.18 1.21
Married (ref.= widowed/divorced) 1.02 0.89 1.03 1.00 0.95 0.92
Financial strain (ref. = no) 0.66 0.69 0.72 0.71 0.69 0.65
Self-rated health 1.52** 1.52** 1.62*** 1.57*** 1.54** 1.45**
a
Offspring’s marriage
All children met expectation (ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
At least one but not all met expectation 0.83 0.75 0.72 0.71 0.90 0.90
None met expectation 0.44 0.45 0.34* 0.37* 0.40* 0.49
Offspring’s SES
All children met expectation (ref.) 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
At least one but not all met expectation 0.72 0.58* 0.55* 0.59 0.62 0.65
None met expectation 0.62 0.50* 0.46** 0.53* 0.54* 0.65
Overall model χ 2 76.89*** 64.05*** 57.81*** 61.76*** 79.56*** 101.19***
df 11 11 11 11 11 19
a Higher scores indicate better health. ref. = reference group.
*P<. 05; **P<. 01; ***P<. 001; two-tailed

dose-response association of filial piety and parental satisfaction pinpoints the importance of consi-
dering the effects of all children, rather than the focal child or children as a composite, on parental
wellbeing when examining parent-adult child relationships, echoing previous research that called for
such investigation (Fingerman, Cheng, Birditt et al., 2012).

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