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. 2015 Oct 19;112(46):14224–14229. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1506451112

Table S1.

Number of participants included in the between and within-family analyses by panel, sibship size, and birth-order position

Sibship size Birth order Total by sibship size Total
1 2 3 4
Between-family analyses
 NCDS
  Personality 2 1,025 993 2,018 4,489
   3 590 529 452 1,571
   4 244 282 220 154 900
  Intelligence 2 1,571 1,597 3,168 7,256
3 898 883 745 2,526
4 409 506 364 283 1,562
 NLSY
  Personality 2 975 757 1,732 3,178
   3 457 261 308 1,026
   4 153 93 78 96 420
  Intelligence 2 904 730 1,634 2,914
3 412 232 281 925
4 121 68 70 96 355
 SOEP
  Personality 2 2,863 2,351 5,214 9,363
   3 1,093 1,021 786 2,900
   4 357 329 314 249 1,249
  Intelligence 2 956 734 1,690 3,117
3 355 356 262 1,001
4 134 120 109 91 454
 Combined
  Personality 2 4,863 4,101 8,964 17,030
   3 2,140 1,811 1,546 5,497
   4 754 704 612 499 2,569
  Intelligence 2 3,441 3,061 6,492 13,287
3 1,665 1,471 1,288 4,424
4 664 694 543 470 2,371
Within-family analyses
 NLSY
  Personality 2 366 366 732 2,062
   3 271 384 164 819
   4 123 183 142 63 511
  Intelligence 2 448 448 896 2,399
3 307 451 196 954
4 112 187 166 84 549
 SOEP
  Personality 2 311 311 622 1,094
3 119 128 103 350
4 36 37 28 21 122
 Combined
  Personality 2 677 677 1,354 3,156
3 390 512 267 1,169
4 159 220 170 84 633