Skip to main content
. 2013 Jan;57:1–22. doi: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2012.09.009

Table 9.

IV—The effects of contemporaneous height, instrumented by the nine SNPs simultaneously, on cognitive skills and mental health.

(1) Key Stage 3, Age 14
(2) IQ test score, Age 8
(3) Scholastic self-esteem, Age 8
(4) Global self-worth, Age 8
(5) Depression, Age 13
Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls
Unadjusted
Height −0.164 0.358* 0.015 0.419** −0.057 0.196 −0.072 0.072 0.099 0.123
(0.167) (0.184) (0.185) (0.182) (0.189) (0.206) (0.190) (0.202) (0.139) (0.228)
p-value DWH test 0.122 0.209 0.484 0.080 0.636 0.495 0.616 0.839 0.568 0.915
p-value Hansen J test 0.514 0.586 0.550 0.177 0.783 0.702 0.511 0.793 0.310 0.748
First stage F-statistic 2.90 3.69 3.63 2.96 3.43 2.48 3.43 2.48 3.50 3.61



Adjusted for all covariates
Height −0.148 0.296* 0.081 0.353** −0.002 0.161 −0.074 0.058 0.125 0.098
(0.137) (0.175) (0.146) (0.165) (0.168) (0.217) (0.168) (0.218) (0.133) (0.246)
p-value DWH test 0.137 0.139 0.986 0.068 0.946 0.587 0.646 0.912 0.369 0.923
p-value Hansen J test 0.900 0.554 0.771 0.595 0.619 0.638 0.524 0.739 0.271 0.788
First stage F-statistic 3.08 3.02 4.83 2.81 4.55 2.28 4.55 2.28 3.87 3.16