Table 3.
Attractiveness and Health
| Variables | (1)
|
(2)
|
(3)
|
(4)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortality (1957–2011) (probit) | Mortality (1975–2011) (probit) | Health in 1992 (ordered probit) | Health in 1992 (ordered probit) | |
| Beauty (standardized) | −0.009 (0.007) |
−0.010 (0.007) |
0.039 (0.026) |
0.050* (0.029) |
| IQ score (SD) | −0.016** (0.007) |
−0.001 (0.008) |
0.088*** (0.025) |
−0.053 (0.032) |
| Education | ||||
| Some college | −0.072*** (0.022) |
0.185** (0.088) |
||
| B.A. degree | −0.109*** (0.023) |
0.419*** (0.107) |
||
| M.A. and beyond | −0.146*** (0.025) |
0.593*** (0.127) |
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| Vocational training ’75 | −0.002 (0.019) |
0.172** (0.070) |
||
| Experience | 0.002 (0.006) |
0.059* (0.034) |
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| Experience2 | −0.000 (0.000) |
−0.001 (0.001) |
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| Tenure | −0.003* (0.002) |
0.000 (0.003) |
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| Marital status | −0.089*** (0.026) |
0.183** (0.081) |
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| Resides outside Wisconsin | 0.032* (0.019) |
0.132* (0.068) |
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| Father’s education | 0.004 (0.003) |
0.010 (0.011) |
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| Mother’s education | 0.005 (0.003) |
0.009 (0.012) |
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| Father executive | −0.024 (0.025) |
0.120 (0.100) |
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| Family income ’57 | −0.015 (0.013) |
0.006 (0.049) |
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| Farm background | −0.041** (0.021) |
0.201** (0.080) |
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| Medium hometown population | −0.020 (0.020) |
−0.003 (0.079) |
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| Large hometown population | −0.031 (0.027) |
0.089 (0.108) |
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| Number of siblings | 0.002 (0.003) |
0.003 (0.012) |
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| Lived with both parents | 0.013 (0.030) |
0.203* (0.116) |
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| Mother employed | 0.032* (0.016) |
−0.035 (0.059) |
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| High school class size | 0.000 (0.000) |
0.000 (0.000) |
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| Military service | −0.056*** (0.018) |
0.096 (0.063) |
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| Population at place of residence | −0.002 (0.002) |
0.004 (0.003) |
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| Union | −0.018 (0.017) |
−0.216** (0.088) |
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| Observations | 3,999 | 3,137 | 2,015 | 1,802 |
| Pseudo-R2 | 0.0018 | 0.0306 | 0.0039 | 0.0380 |
Reported numbers are marginal effects (standard errors in parentheses). Significant at *10%, **5%, ***1%. In columns 3 and 4, the dependent variable is self-rated health status on a four-point scale. Sample exclusions are same as in table 1.