Table2: Estimates of the Difference in Difference Model (FY1999 and FY2001)

Probit Analysis	OLS Regression
Labor Status	Working Days per Week	Working Hours per Day
Coeff.	S.E.	Coeff.	S.E.	Coeff.	S.E.	Coeff.	S.E.
Dummy for FY2001 [A]	0.058	***	(0.024)	0.052	*	(0.034)	0.077	**
Dummy for being in Needs of Care [B]	-0.023	(0.027)	-0.045	(0.038)	-0.048
Dummy for Support Required [C1]	-0.022	(0.147)	-0.116	(0.210)	-0.299
Dummy for Care Level 1 [C2]	0.129	*	(0.081)	0.201	**	(0.119)	0.261	**
Dummy for Care Level 2 [C3]	-0.043	(0.108)	-0.037	(0.149)	-0.012
Dummy for Care Level 3 [C4]	0.167	(0.118)	0.125	(0.179)	0.199
Dummy for Care Level 4 [C5]	0.003	(0.181)	0.037	(0.252)	0.145
Dummy for Care Level 5 [C6]	-0.050	(0.180)	-0.014	(0.252)	0.005
[A]*[B]	-0.073	**	(0.037)	-0.068	(0.052)	-0.117	**
[A]*[B]*[C1]	0.172	(0.146)	0.250	(0.231)	0.544	***
[A]*[B]*[C2]	0.014	(0.097)	-0.026	(0.134)	-0.060
[A]*[B]*[C3]	0.037	(0.117)	0.000	(0.163)	-0.050
[A]*[B]*[C4]	-0.146	(0.135)	-0.139	(0.195)	-0.175
[A]*[B]*[C5]	0.033	(0.190)	-0.002	(0.266)	-0.119
[A]*[B]*[C6]	-0.105	(0.187)	-0.138	(0.266)	-0.228
Age of Caregiver	-0.008	***	(0.001)	-0.010	***	(0.002)	-0.013	***
Education of Caregiver (high school graduates)	0.001	(0.031)	-0.015	(0.043)	-0.032
Education of Caregiver (community college, prof. training grad	-0.048	(0.035)	-0.101	***	(0.048)	-0.134	***
Education of Caregiver (university graduates or above)	-0.041	(0.039)	-0.099	**	(0.055)	-0.117	**
Months from approval	-0.006	***	(0.002)	-0.009	***	(0.003)	-0.010	***
Household Assets (natural log)	0.007	(0.015)	0.017	(0.020)	0.004
Elderly Assets (natural log)	-0.034	***	(0.013)	-0.060	***	(0.018)	-0.060	***
Share of Elderly's Assets Out of Household Assets	-0.008	(0.027)	0.015	(0.037)	-0.028
Sharing Budgets between Elderly and Household Members	0.012	(0.020)	0.031	(0.029)	0.029
Dummy for Private Life Insurance	-0.042	***	(0.020)	-0.058	***	(0.028)	-0.069	***
Dummy for Private Medical Insurance	0.014	(0.018)	0.010	(0.025)	0.023
Dummy for Private Medical Insurance (Cancer)	0.000	(0.019)	0.002	(0.026)	-0.001
Dummy for Private Pension Program	0.091	***	(0.019)	0.142	***	(0.026)	0.163	***
Dummy for Private Long-term Care Insurance	-0.009	(0.037)	0.003	(0.051)	0.038
Number of Family Members	0.006	(0.007)	0.004	(0.010)	-0.016
Tenant Status (1=own house)	-0.205	***	(0.040)	-0.317	***	(0.060)	-0.295	***
Sex of Care Receiver (1=Female)	0.024	(0.023)	0.046	(0.033)	0.053
Age of Care Receiver	-0.003	***	(0.002)	-0.006	***	(0.002)	-0.006	***
Relationship (Care receiver=Spouse)	-0.204	***	(0.061)	-0.213	***	(0.092)	-0.295	***
Relationship (Care receiver=Caregiver's Parent)	0.140	***	(0.042)	0.245	***	(0.062)	0.226	***
Relationship (Care receiver=Spouse's Parent)	0.109	***	(0.041)	0.196	***	(0.059)	0.171	***
Cardiovascular Diseases, e.g., Hypertension and Arteriosclerosis	-0.0001	(0.017)	-0.001	(0.024)	-0.024
Heart-related Chronical Diseases, e.g, Angina Pectoris	-0.009	(0.021)	-0.027	(0.030)	-0.008
Diabetes	-0.004	(0.026)	-0.015	(0.037)	0.019
Brain-related Chronical Diseases, e.g., Cerebral Infarction and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH)	-0.090	***	(0.025)	-0.102	***	(0.034)	-0.133	***
Chronic Diseases Related to Digestive Organs, e.g., Chronic Hepatitis, Gastric Ulcer (GU), Duodenal Ulcer (DU)	0.003	(0.024)	0.017	(0.034)	-0.020
Respiratory Disease, e.g. Asthma and Chronic Bronchitis (CB)	-0.008	(0.029)	0.010	(0.040)	0.006
Lower Back Pain, Muscle Stiffness of the Shoulder, Arthritis, and Rheumatism	0.006	(0.018)	0.019	(0.025)	0.019
Eye Related Diseases, e.g., Glaucoma and Cataracts	0.056	***	(0.018)	0.048	**	(0.025)	0.046	*
Kidney Related Diseases, e.g., Chronic Renal Failure	0.037	(0.039)	0.066	(0.053)	0.040
Rectal Diseases, e.g., Incarcerated Hemorrhoids and Thrombosed External Hemorrhoids	-0.071	***	(0.034)	-0.094	**	(0.048)	-0.085	*
Constant	4.197	***	(0.809)	3.236	***	(0.440)	3.824	***
Log likelihoods (probit), Adjusted R Squared (OLS)	-2529.563	0.157	0.156