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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Stud Read. 2011 Jan 1;15(4):363–382. doi: 10.1080/10888438.2010.493965

Table 5.

Genetic and Environmental Correlations

Word Reading Listening Comp. R. Comp. (RC-D) R. Comp. (RC-LC)
Genetic Correlations
Word Reading --
Listening Comprehension .36 (.14, .55) --
Reading Comp. (RC-D) .92 (.86, .97) .70 (.52, .84) --
Reading Comp. (RC-LC) .61 (.45, .74) .96 (.87, .99) .88 (.76, .95) --

Shared Environmental Correlations
Word Reading --
Listening Comprehension .93 (.62, 1.0) --
Reading Comp. (RC-D) .98 (.86, 1.0) .82 (.51, .99) --
Reading Comp. (RC-LC) .93 (.59, 1.0) 1.0 (.78, 1.0) .82 (.43, .99) --

Nonshared Environmental Correlations
Word Reading --
Listening Comprehension .83 (.18, 1.0) --
Reading Comp. (RC-D) .76 (.41, 1.0) .99 (.55, 1.0) --
Reading Comp. (RC-LC) .66 (.17, 1.0) .97 (.47, 1.0) .99 (.78, 1.0) --