Table A2.

Family fixed effects regressions for height for age with linear measure of sibling order

	Height for age

	All children	Children 2–6 years
Sibling order (integer)	−0.026	−0.074
Sibling order (integer)	−1.436	−3.655
First born	0.034	0.064
First born	0.843	1.483
Numbers of classes of children in household
Other surveyed children	−0.049	−0.072
Other surveyed children	−2.077	−3.176
Unmeasured children 0–12	−0.039	−0.030
Unmeasured children 0–12	−2.485	−1.933
Working teenagers	0.007	0.064
Working teenagers	0.176	1.644
Non-working teenagers	0.034	0.082
Non-working teenagers	1.016	2.402
Female	0.04	−0.035
Female	1.385	−1.152
Multiple birth	−0.53	−0.444
Multiple birth	−2.885	−2.400
Age (years)	−0.074	−0.047
Age (years)	−7.414	−3.407
Infant	0.684
Infant	12.003
Nativity of household head
Head born in Minnesota (reference)
Head born elsewhere in U.S.	0.032	0.080
Head born elsewhere in U.S.	0.756	1.825
Head born abroad	−0.045	−0.099
Head born abroad	−1.221	−2.631
Occupation of household head
Professionals, managers, owners (including farm): Reference
Clerical, sales and service	−0.172	−0.207
Clerical, sales and service	−3.351	−3.877
Tradesmen and operatives	−0.207	−0.241
Tradesmen and operatives	−4.964	−5.633
Laborers and unclassifiable occupations	−0.414	−0.425
Laborers and unclassifiable occupations	−7.029	−7.074
No occupation/out of labor force	−0.341	−0.388
No occupation/out of labor force	−4.781	−5.297
Renting household	−0.087	−0.093
Renting household	−2.726	−2.795
Constant	−0.228	−0.163
Constant	−3.282	−1.914
N	8908	5678
R²
Within	0.072	0.042
Between	0.048	0.041
Overall	0.055	0.045

Note: Cells contain co-efficient estimates and t-statistics