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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Econ J (London). 2014 Nov;124(580):F720–F738. doi: 10.1111/ecoj.12170

Table 2. Predictors of Adult Outcomes, Using Information up to Age 16 (Dependent variable: life-satisfaction at 34).

(1)
Log income
(2)
Educational
achievement
(3)
Employed
(4)
Good
conduct
(5)
Has a
partner
(6)
Self-perceived
health (26)
(7)
Emotional
health (26)
(8)
Life-
satisfaction
Intellectual performance 0.136 0.437 0.028 0.074 0.095 0.086 0.097 0.045
  (5 10 16) (0.014) (0.012) (0.015) (0.012) (0.016) (0.015) (0.013) (0.016)
Good conduct 0.031 0.078 0.008 0.169 0.089 0.054 0.078 0.085
  (5 10 16) (0.019) (0.013) (0.028) (0.018) (0.020) (0.022) (0.018) (0.019)
Emotional health 0.069 0.036 0.017 −0.056 −0.023 0.158 0.328 0.174
  (5 10 16) (0.018) (0.036) (0.055) (0.014) (0.020) (0.020) (0.021) (0.021)
Family Economic 0.081 0.188 0.020 0.087 0.038 0.056 0.075 0.055
(0.015) (0.015) (0.031) (0.088) (0.063) (0.019) (0.029) (0.018)
Family Psychosocial −0.009 0.023 −0.027 0.038 0.030 0.043 0.066 0.030
(0.064) (0.013) (0.015) (0.015) (0.028) (0.016) (0.018) (0.016)
Female 0.175 −0.014 0.041 0.409 −0.061 −0.090 −0.306 0.082
(0.022) (0.018) (0.020) (0.018) (0.025) (0.023) (0.021) (0.022)

Observations 8,888 10,575 8,928 10,918 6,896 8,260 8,254 8,868
Adjusted R2 0.05 0.376 0.01 0.07 0.029 0.067 0.207 0.071

Note: See Note to Table 1.