Table 1.
Overview of Input Parameters and Simulated Data for Well-Being
| Input parameters | Simulated data | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Country M | Country SD | Correlation Twin1–Twin2 |
Twin pair | Zygosity | Well-being Twin 1 |
Well-being Twin 2 |
| 1 | 3.2 | 1.7 | r ≈ .38 (MZ) |
1 | MZ | 1.7 | 2.8 |
| 2 | MZ | 2.9 | 4.0 | ||||
| . . . | MZ | . . . | . . . | ||||
| 1,000 | MZ | 3.1 | 2.9 | ||||
| r ≈ .19 (DZ) |
1 | DZ | 1.4 | 3.6 | |||
| 2 | DZ | 5.9 | 5.0 | ||||
| . . . | DZ | . . . | . . . | ||||
| 1,000 | DZ | 4.1 | 5.9 | ||||
| 2 | 4.8 | 2.7 | r ≈ .38 (MZ) |
1 | MZ | 5.1 | 6.2 |
| 2 | MZ | 4.9 | 4.0 | ||||
| . . . | MZ | . . . | . . . | ||||
| 1,000 | MZ | 5.3 | 6.9 | ||||
| r ≈ .19 (DZ) |
1 | DZ | 4.7 | 3.8 | |||
| 2 | DZ | 5.9 | 8.0 | ||||
| . . . | DZ | . . . | . . . | ||||
| 1,000 | DZ | 6.1 | 4.9 | ||||
| 3 | 5.1 | 2.0 | r ≈ .38 (MZ) |
1 | MZ | 3.7 | 4.8 |
| 2 | MZ | 5.9 | 7.0 | ||||
| . . . | MZ | . . . | . . . | ||||
| 1,000 | MZ | 5.1 | 3.9 | ||||
| r ≈ .19 (DZ) |
1 | DZ | 3.7 | 4.8 | |||
| 2 | DZ | 2.9 | 6.0 | ||||
| . . . | DZ | . . . | . . . | ||||
| 1,000 | DZ | 7.1 | 4.9 | ||||
Note: Table presents simplified overview of data matrix. Total N (countries) = 157; N (twin pairs per country) = 2,000; Total N = 314,000. MZ = monozygotic; DZ = dizygotic.