Intergenerational transfers and extended family roster: a new substudy of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics

Authors

  • Robert F. Schoeni Institute for social research, University of Michigan
  • Suzanne M. Bianchi University of California
  • V. Joseph Hotz Duke University, Durham
  • Judith A. Seltzer University of California
  • Emily E. Wiemers University of Massachusetts

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14301/llcs.v6i3.332

Keywords:

Intergenerational transfers, longitudinal research, family support, family structure

Abstract

Family members provide support to each other at critical life stages. To better understand the pervasiveness, causes, and consequences of such support, a substudy of the United States (U.S.) Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) was created. A battery of questions on family relationships and intergenerational transfers was designed, pretested on a U.S. national telephone sample, and then administered in the 2013 wave of the PSID. These new data are available to the public. Given the extensive supporting data available on the respondents and members of their co-resident and non-co-resident family members – many of whom are interviewed themselves – the new substudy will become a valuable resource to researchers.

Downloads

Published

2015-06-25

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 3 (2015): Longitudinal and Life Course Studies

Section

Study Profile

License

Authors who published with Longitudinal and Life Course Studies Volumes 1–9 agreed to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the Journal right of first publication with the work, simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

2. Following first publication in this Journal, Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal, provided always that no charge is made for its use.

3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g. in institutional repositories or on their own website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.