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. 2012 Dec;10(4):405–418. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2012.04.015

Table 2.

Coefficients (std. err) of the bivariate correlations, obtained from separate regression of the indicators presented in the first column on each instrumental variable.

Mother's BMI Child's fat mass, age 9 FTO MC4R
Girla −0.001 −0.000 0.010 −0.034*
(0.001) (0.001) (0.013) (0.018)
Birth weight 7.718*** 1.905* 11.596 −41.152**
(1.227) (1.057) (14.280) (20.038)
Older siblings (0, 1, 2 or more) 0.004*** 0.001 −0.015 0.005
(0.001) (0.001) (0.019) (0.027)
Younger siblings (0, 1, 2 or more) −0.003** −0.002 0.030* 0.025
(0.001) (0.001) (0.017) (0.024)
Ln (income) −0.003*** −0.003*** 0.010 −0.006
(0.001) (0.001) (0.012) (0.016)
Mother's education −0.011*** −0.010*** 0.023 0.012
(0.002) (0.002) (0.023) (0.033)
Grandmother's education −0.008*** −0.006*** −0.001 0.032
(0.001) (0.001) (0.020) (0.028)
Grandfather's education −0.009*** −0.007*** 0.072*** 0.023
(0.001) (0.001) (0.020) (0.029)
Raised by natural fathera 0.001** −0.001* −0.002 0.018**
(0.000) (0.000) (0.006) (0.008)
Father's social class 0.015*** 0.007*** −0.084** −0.056
(0.002) (0.002) (0.033) (0.047)
Mother's age −0.002 −0.003** −0.007 −0.024
(0.002) (0.002) (0.024) (0.033)
Mother works PT, at 21 monthsa 0.001 −0.001 −0.008 0.018
(0.001) (0.001) (0.013) (0.018)
Mother works FT, at 21 monthsa 0.001 −0.000 0.003 −0.030***
(0.001) (0.001) (0.008) (0.011)
Partner is employed, 21 monthsa −0.000 0.000 −0.009 0.013
(0.001) (0.001) (0.007) (0.010)
IMD 0.107*** 0.145*** 0.376 −0.752
(0.026) (0.027) (0.359) (0.499)
Mother smoked during pregnancya 0.000 0.003*** −0.008 0.002
(0.001) (0.001) (0.010) (0.014)
Mother drank alcohol during pregnancya 0.000 −0.001 0.002 −0.023
(0.001) (0.001) (0.013) (0.018)
Intensity of breastfeeding −0.016*** −0.015*** 0.047 0.119***
(0.002) (0.002) (0.032) (0.044)
Mother's ‘locus of control’ 0.095*** 0.102*** 0.364 0.319
(0.018) (0.018) (0.250) (0.345)
Mother's CCEI 0.028** 0.027* 0.136 0.473*
(0.014) (0.014) (0.187) (0.262)
Mother's EPDS −0.005 0.007 0.070 0.185
(0.009) (0.009) (0.119) (0.166)
Mother's teaching score −0.002 −0.001 0.004 −0.068**
(0.002) (0.002) (0.024) (0.034)
Interest in child's development −0.000 −0.000 0.005 0.005
(0.000) (0.000) (0.005) (0.007)
Parent's activity score −0.017** −0.004 −0.042 0.213
(0.009) (0.009) (0.115) (0.168)
Number of observations 3001 3001 3001 3001
a

Binary indicators.

*

p < 0.10.

**

p < 0.05.

***

p < 0.01.