Table 7.
OLS Regression Models of Respondent’s Total Years of Completed Education with Standard Errors Robust to Clustering on Family ID, by Sample; Fathers’ Characteristics Included
| FHS | HRS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
| Female sex | 0.55† (0.14) | 0.53† (0.14) | −0.33† (0.06) | −0.31† (0.06) |
| Age | 0.01 (0.01) | 0.01 (0.01) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) |
| Survey year | 0.02 (0.01) | 0.02 (0.01) | ||
| Mother’s highest grade completed | 0.25† (0.04) | 0.24† (0.04) | 0.17† (0.01) | 0.17† (0.01) |
| Respondent’s educational genetic score, standardized | 0.24* (0.11) | 0.32† (0.03) | ||
| Mother’s educational genetic score, standardized | −0.14 (0.11) | |||
| Father’s highest grade completed | 0.13† (0.04) | 0.13† (0.04) | 0.17† (0.01) | 0.17† (0.01) |
| Father’s educational genetic score, standardized | 0.00 (0.09) | |||
| Constant | 8.45 (0.74)† | 8.65† (0.90) | −26.95 (26.80) | −35.35 (26.54) |
| R2 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.20 |
Note:
p < 0.05;
p < 0.01.
Framingham Heart Study N=741; 358 Families. Health and Retirement Survey N=5,807; 4,619 Families.