Table 5. Intra-class correlations (coefficients of twin similarity) for IQ by zygosity for twins with SES.
Age | ICC (95% CI) | N | ||
MZ | DZ | MZ | DZ | |
SES index 1 | ||||
2 | 0.91 (0.90–0.92) | 0.76 (0.75–0.77) | 1677 | 3315 |
3 | 0.95 (0.95–0.96) | 0.84 (0.82–0.85) | 1200 | 2374 |
4 | 0.89 (0.88–0.90) | 0.71 (0.69–0.73) | 1238 | 2460 |
7 | 0.68 (0.65–0.71) | 0.49 (0.46–0.52) | 1264 | 2284 |
9 | 0.75 (0.72–0.78) | 0.58 (0.54–0.61) | 863 | 1495 |
10 | 0.73 (0.69–0.76) | 0.50 (0.45–0.54) | 685 | 1197 |
12 | 0.66 (0.62–0.70) | 0.42 (0.37–0.47) | 777 | 1242 |
14 | 0.60 (0.54–0.65) | 0.37 (0.31–0.43) | 563 | 894 |
SES index 2 | ||||
7 | 0.66 (0.64–0.69) | 0.49 (0.46–0.52) | 1614 | 2851 |
9 | 0.75 (0.72–0.77) | 0.57 (0.53–0.60) | 964 | 1595 |
10 | 0.74 (0.70–0.77) | 0.50 (0.45–0.54) | 744 | 1281 |
12 | 0.66 (0.62–0.69) | 0.43 (0.39–0.46) | 1310 | 2133 |
14 | 0.60 (0.55–0.64) | 0.35 (0.30–0.40) | 812 | 1201 |
SES index 3 | ||||
9 | 0.76 (0.73–0.78) | 0.58 (0.55–0.61) | 1084 | 1816 |
10 | 0.73 (0.69–0.76) | 0.49 (0.44–0.53) | 773 | 1285 |
12 | 0.65 (0.60–0.69) | 0.42 (0.37–0.46) | 685 | 1072 |
14 | 0.61 (0.55–0.66) | 0.33 (0.27–0.40) | 510 | 712 |
ICC (95% CI) = intra-class correlation coefficient (95% confidence interval); MZ = monozygotic; DZ = dizygotic; N = number of complete cases, i.e. number of pairs in which both twins have IQ data. NB. The formal estimation of variance components, using full information maximum likelihood structural equation modelling, included data from incomplete cases.