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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 12.
Published in final edited form as: B E J Econom Anal Policy. 2011 Sep 6;11(3):2876. doi: 10.2202/1935-1682.2876

Table 1.

Sibling Correlation in Birth Outcomes

All Sibs Controlling for ….

Outcome All Sibs Brothers Sisters Race Family
Income
Parent
Educ.
Parent
Health
All
Factors
Birth Weight 0.528 0.507 0.522 0.500 0.519 0.522 0.512 0.499
(0.019) (0.034) (0.031) (0.019) (0.019) (0.019) (0.019) (0.019)
2995 1529 1466 2995 2995 2995 2995 2995
Gestation 0.377 0.348 0.424 0.377 0.376 0.377 0.377 0.376
(0.009) (0.040) (0.036) (0.022) (0.022) (0.022) (0.022) (0.022)
3145 1601 1544 3145 3145 3145 3145 3145
Health at Birth 0.312 0.321 0.309 0.311 0.309 0.304 0.305 0.298
(0.023) (0.040) (0.039) (0.023) (0.023) (0.023) (0.023) (0.023)
3223 1644 1579 3223 3223 3223 3223 3223
Poor Health at Birth 0.121 0.184 0.081 0.121 0.120 0.118 0.121 0.117
(0.027) (0.046) (0.044) (0.027) (0.027) (0.027) (0.027) (0.027)
3223 1644 1579 3223 3223 3223 3223 3223
NICU 0.184 0.194 0.192 0.184 0.180 0.180 0.180 0.177
(0.027) (0.052) (0.046) (0.027) (0.027) (0.027) (0.027) (0.027)
3215 1640 1575 3215 3215 3215 3215 3215