# INTERGENERATIONAL FAMILIES--STRUCTURE,DYNAMICS,EXCHANGES

> **NIH NIH R01** · URBAN INSTITUTE · 1991 · $157,376

## Abstract

Our overall aim is to analyze intergenerational exchanges in the context
of specific kin groups that include persons aged 65 and over.  Exchanges
to and from the elderly in the currencies of time, space, and money will
be considered.  The requisite data for such analyses includes information
on the relevant statuses of the reference person (or ego) and all kin of
that ego, the timing of significant transitions in the life-cycles of ego
and kin, and on the direction, timing and types of flows across
generations.  Because no single data set provides adequate coverage of
all these domains, we propose a two-part research strategy that (1)
exploits several existing data sources that contain information on the
structure and dynamics of kin networks, and (2) integrates the results of
such analyses by means of a microsimulation model of kinship, KINSIM,
previously developed by the applicant.  In particular, we propose a four-
year effort to:  1.  analyze existing surveys, by means of various
statistical models (primarily varieties of multinomial logit
specifications), in order to estimate both cross-sectional and panel
models of intergenerational exchanges as behavioral outcomes of kin
structures and other hypothesized factors, including race; 2.  extend and
refine KINSIM by introducing (i) interdependencies that arise from the
intergenerational transmission of fertility patterns; and (ii)
transitions to and from institutions; 3.  use the simulated kin
structures as a context for the estimated models of intergenerational
exchanges--that is, to embed models of the consequences of kin network
structures in a model of the structures themselves.  In this way we will
be able to calculate life-cycle patterns of intergenerational exchanges,
and determine the incidence, duration, timing, and net lifetime volume of
various exchanges; this would otherwise require a life-time of data
collection.

Results from the statistical models that reference the availability of
kin and their attributes will enable us to address, among others,
questions regarding the substitutability of different types of kin and
transfer arrangements; results from the integrated simulation exercised
will address questions pertaining to the intergenerational transfer
burden across the full population of kinsmen.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3120379
- **Project number:** 5R01AG008651-03
- **Recipient organization:** URBAN INSTITUTE
- **SAM.gov UEI:** VNAYDLRGSKU3
- **Principal Investigator:** DOUGLAS A WOLF
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1991
- **Award amount:** $157,376
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1989-07-01 → 1992-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3120379

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3120379, INTERGENERATIONAL FAMILIES--STRUCTURE,DYNAMICS,EXCHANGES (5R01AG008651-03). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3120379. Licensed CC0.

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