Table A4.
The Impact of RoSLA on Child English/Literacy and Mathematics Outcomes, Parents With Lower Levels of Education, ±3 Year Sample Window
| Entry Assessment literacy | Key Stage 1 literacy score | Key Stage 2 English score | Key Stage 3 English score | English language GCSE | Entry Assessment maths | Key Stage 1 maths score | Key Stage 2 maths score | Key Stage 3 maths score | Maths GCSE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RoSLA treatment of mother | 0.120*** (0.045) |
0.115* (0.068) |
0.011 (0.257) |
0.799 (0.924) |
0.665 (0.504) |
0.063 (0.062) |
0.165** (0.071) |
0.397 (0.264) |
0.236 (1.250) |
0.973 (0.599) |
| RoSLA treatment of father | 0.111** (0.056) |
0.263*** (0.084) |
0.393 (0.319) |
1.835 (1.142) |
0.966 (0.631) |
0.089 (0.077) |
0.322*** (0.089) |
0.587* (0.328) |
2.093 (1.551) |
2.139*** (0.744) |
| Mother has A levels,equivalent or higher | 0.141** (0.061) |
0.311*** (0.092) |
1.026*** (0.344) |
4.854*** (1.211) |
3.303*** (0.669) |
0.193** (0.085) |
0.302*** (0.097) |
1.006*** (0.353) |
3.107* (1.656) |
3.557*** (0.795) |
| Father has A levels,equivalent or higher | 0.149*** (0.050) |
0.411*** (0.076) |
1.316*** (0.279) |
5.489*** (0.995) |
2.875*** (0.546) |
0.232*** (0.069) |
0.407*** (0.080) |
1.600*** (0.286) |
8.406*** (1.356) |
5.083*** (0.649) |
| Mother’s age at child’s birth: pre-window | 0.022** (0.009) |
0.001 (0.013) |
0.048 (0.051) |
0.310* (0.183) |
0.163 (0.101) |
0.020 (0.013) |
0.033** (0.014) |
0.080 (0.052) |
0.213 (0.243) |
0.164 (0.117) |
| Mother’s age at child’s birth: in window | 0.022** (0.009) |
0.017 (0.013) |
0.092* (0.049) |
0.433** (0.178) |
0.254*** (0.097) |
0.024** (0.012) |
0.041*** (0.013) |
0.109** (0.050) |
0.408* (0.238) |
0.328*** (0.115) |
| Mother’s age at child’s birth: post-window | 0.028*** (0.011) |
0.021 (0.016) |
0.103* (0.061) |
0.504** (0.219) |
0.304** (0.120) |
0.028* (0.015) |
0.051*** (0.017) |
0.136** (0.062) |
0.524* (0.295) |
0.399*** (0.142) |
| Father’s age at child’s birth: pre-window | 0.015* (0.008) |
0.023* (0.012) |
0.083* (0.045) |
0.207 (0.165) |
0.186** (0.093) |
0.015 (0.011) |
0.040*** (0.013) |
0.031 (0.047) |
0.286 (0.226) |
0.161 (0.108) |
| Father’s age at child’s birth: in window | 0.021** (0.009) |
0.027* (0.015) |
0.112** (0.054) |
0.262 (0.196) |
0.223** (0.110) |
0.022* (0.013) |
0.050*** (0.015) |
0.048 (0.056) |
0.371 (0.268) |
0.213* (0.129) |
| Father’s age at child’s birth: post-window | 0.027** (0.012) |
0.034* (0.018) |
0.118* (0.067) |
0.251 (0.242) |
0.251* (0.136) |
0.023 (0.016) |
0.061*** (0.019) |
0.052 (0.069) |
0.508 (0.332) |
0.229 (0.159) |
| R2 | 0.226 | 0.219 | 0.171 | 0.187 | 0.172 | 0.214 | 0.228 | 0.173 | 0.109 | 0.179 |
| Observations | 2,007 | 2,356 | 2,479 | 2,119 | 2,316 | 2,005 | 2,353 | 2,476 | 2,203 | 2,313 |
| Outcome mean | 4.92 | 2.85 | 26.79 | 44.62 | 39.69 | 5.18 | 3.13 | 26.84 | 80.23 | 37.58 |
| Outcome SD | 0.79 | 1.30 | 4.87 | 16.26 | 9.24 | 1.09 | 1.37 | 5.00 | 21.43 | 10.98 |
| Treatment as % of SD (mum only) | 15.25 | 8.83 | 0.23 | 4.91 | 7.20 | 5.82 | 11.98 | 7.93 | 1.10 | 8.86 |
| Treatment as % of SD (dad only) | 14.12 | 20.24 | 8.07 | 11.28 | 10.46 | 8.19 | 23.44 | 11.73 | 9.77 | 19.48 |
| Treatment as % of SD (both) | 29.37 | 29.08 | 8.30 | 16.20 | 17.65 | 14.01 | 35.42 | 19.66 | 10.87 | 28.34 |
| Treatment joint significance p-value | 0.005 | 0.002 | 0.467 | 0.205 | 0.144 | 0.326 | 0.000 | 0.075 | 0.400 | 0.006 |
Notes.
*
p < 0.10,
**
p < 0.05,
***
p < 0.01.
Additional controls included: child gender, month of birth, GCSE cohort, parent foreign qualifications, single mother dummy, father missing info dummy, child performance IQ.