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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Econ. 2015 Feb 21;41:107–116. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.01.005

Table F3.

Effect of Birth Weight on IQ by Early Life Environments, OLS

Dependent Variable: High School IQ
Sample Division: Mother’s Edu Father’s Edu Family SES Urban/Rural
< 12 yrs. ≥ 12 yrs. < 12 yrs. ≥ 12 yrs. < Median ≥ Median Rural Urban




(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Std. Birth Weight 2.0727*** (0.6834) 0.9113 (0.6424) 0.6303 (0.6054) 2.5044*** (0.6755) 1.1651 (0.7589) 1.4363** (0.6725) 1.1013** (0.5135) 2.2896* (1.2775)
Baseline Controls Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y

N 434 504 540 398 436 502 732 206
R Sqr. 0.0968 0.1221 0.1086 0.1250 0.0858 0.0872 0.1370 0.1205

Notes: This table regresses high school IQ on birth weight and the set of baseline controls. The set of baseline controls excludes the variable on which the sample is divided. Although not reported above, we have also dichotomized the sample by sex. For females, the coefficient of standardized birth weight is 1.64 (0.65); while for males, the coefficient is 1.12 (0.66).