Table 5.
Summary of regression analysis for variables predicting sibling outcomes in adulthood, Add Health sample
| Education | Ever-Married | Divorced | Employment | Coresidence | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | b | (SE) | b | (SE) | b | (SE) | b | (SE) | b | (SE) |
| Sisters | ||||||||||
| Sibling death | −0.520** | (0.090) | 0.007 | (0.030) | 0.005 | (0.008) | −0.027 | (0.020) | 0.002 | (0.017) |
| Number of observations | 5,925 | 5,925 | 5,925 | 5,925 | 5,924 | |||||
| Brothers | ||||||||||
| Sibling death | −0.282* | (0.105) | 0.005 | (0.029) | −0.009 | (0.007) | 0.012 | (0.018) | 0.023 | (0.020) |
| Number of observations | 4,870 | 4,867 | 4,867 | 4,867 | 4,869 | |||||
| Gender Difference | † | ns | ns | ns | ns | |||||
Notes: Age, Gender, Race, Birth Order, Adopted, Maternal Age at Child’s Birth, Mother Had Teen Birth, Catholic, Maternal Education, Paternal Education, and Missing Family Information were controlled in all analyses.
†
p < .10;
*
p < .05;
**
p < .01