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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hist Fam. 2016 Oct 21;22(2-3):258–290. doi: 10.1080/1081602X.2016.1224729

Table 5.

Birth order and childhood stature: Family fixed effects regression controlling for first born, sex, multiple birth, age in years

Sample restriction Birth order co-efficient z
All children (no restriction on n. measured kids) −0.039 −3.68
 Infants included, with dummy variable −0.039 −3.65
 Excluding infants −0.048 −4.61
 Children 2 and over −0.060 −.4.61
Children in households with > 1 measured child −0.035 −2.35
 Infants included, with dummy variable −0.036 −2.49
 Excluding infants −0.036 −2.38
 Children 2 and over −0.045 −5.30