Research Article

Virtual Grandparenting: Identifying Barriers to Supportive Video Chat between Grandparents and Grandchildren

Table 8

Ordinal model predicting parent-reported frequency of grandparent-grandchild video chats.

VariableEstimateExp(Est.)95% CI

Parent age (yrs.)−0.040.010.96−3.11.002−0.07−0.02
Child age (mo.)−4e-34e-31.00−1.18.239−0.013e-3
Parent education0.210.061.233.32.0010.090.34
Log (distance) (1|2)−0.040.030.96−1.11.266−0.100.03
Log (distance) (2|3)0.040.021.041.64.100−0.010.09
Log (distance) (3|4)−0.050.040.95−1.09.275−0.130.04
Time zone difference0.010.041.010.40.692−0.060.09
Met in person ()−0.150.220.86−0.67.497−0.580.28
Tech comfort−0.050.050.95−0.92.358−0.160.06
Devices owned−0.020.040.98−0.44.658−0.090.06
Device type ()−0.860.180.42−4.88<.001−1.21−0.52
Tech barriers0.010.071.010.09.927−0.140.15
Social barriers−0.080.110.92−0.76.460−0.290.13
Intercept (1|2)−4.250.630.01−6.76<.001−5.48−3.01
Intercept (2|3)−2.350.610.10−3.84<.001−3.55−1.15
Intercept (3|4)0.340.641.400.52.600−0.921.60

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