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. 2019 Apr 30;36(2):197–233. doi: 10.1007/s10680-019-09525-0

Table 6.

OLS regression on number of children by number of additional siblings, stratified by birth order, Swedish men born in 1932–1988

Variables Men
Birth order 1 Birth order 2 Birth order 3 Birth order 4 Birth order 5 Birth order 6
Number of additional siblings
 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 1

0.11104***

(0.00584)

0.08097***

(0.00622)

0.07385***

(0.00995)

0.02716

(0.01707)

0.04579

(0.02837)

0.07232

(0.04516)
 2

0.17466***

(0.00690)

0.12279***

(0.00900)

0.11950***

(0.01520)

0.08027***

(0.02533)

0.09769**

(0.04072)

0.07997

(0.06283)
 3

0.23590***

(0.00932)

0.15680***

(0.01404)

0.13888***

(0.02290)

0.09428**

(0.03702)

0.03996

(0.05857)

0.12526

(0.09029)
 4

0.27757***

(0.01419)

0.23939***

(0.02161)

0.13939***

(0.03444)

0.13718**

(0.05401)

0.16745**

(0.08234)

0.23747*

(0.12784)
 5

0.32605***

(0.02169)

0.23117***

(0.03280)

0.23778***

(0.05038)

0.10940

(0.07862)

0.23684**

(0.11978)

0.13608

(0.19380)
 6

0.28699***

(0.03243)

0.33132***

(0.04807)

0.13826*

(0.07339)

0.02704

(0.11125)

− 0.36419**

(0.17684)

0.17462

(0.22089)
 7

0.36744***

(0.04836)

0.14987**

(0.07297)

0.48276***

(0.10752)

0.25893

(0.16953)

0.28951

(0.21449)

0.81839**

(0.38413)
 8

0.34179***

(0.07359)

0.09310

(0.10118)

− 0.08013

(0.15394)

− 0.11929

(0.20070)

− 0.09060

(0.33648)

0.65235

(0.48717)
 9

0.51207***

(0.11220)

0.24047

(0.15956)

0.25619

(0.20944)

− 0.10572

(0.28995)

0.90204*

(0.47628)

1.05860

(1.36301)
 10

0.36949**

(0.17032)

0.51042***

(0.19126)

0.48839*

(0.27402)

0.59984

(0.48998)

− 0.00781

(1.33714)

− 0.07049

(0.79853)
 11

0.37695

(0.23202)

1.14119***

(0.31611)

− 0.22996

(0.63153)

− 1.23841*

(0.64763)

1.12163

(1.34086)
 12

0.22588

(0.28933)

0.72447

(0.49974)

0.52263

(0.88707)

− 1.95840

(1.29300)
 13

− 0.72997

(0.46394)

− 1.90973

(1.22348)

1.02970

(1.25448)

4.04312***

(0.91416)
 14

− 0.83345

(0.86778)

1.03554

(0.88707)
 15

− 0.89149

(0.86780)

0.05563

(1.22363)
 16

− 1.93002

(1.22736)
Year of birth
 1932–1936 0 0 0 0 0 0
 1937–1941

− 0.01954

(0.02084)

− 0.06438

(0.06480)

0.02278

(0.27984)
 1942–1946

− 0.05590***

(0.02027)

− 0.07770

(0.06396)

− 0.02550

(0.27881)

− 0.04352

(0.08316)

− 0.04993

(0.19105)

− 0.04781

(0.63050)
 1947–1951

− 0.06026***

(0.02024)

− 0.08882

(0.06385)

− 0.02526

(0.27872)

− 0.02294

(0.08198)

− 0.03557

(0.18889)

0.07525

(0.62577)
 1952–1956

− 0.08051***

(0.02042)

− 0.09119

(0.06389)

− 0.01547

(0.27873)

− 0.00176

(0.08190)

− 0.03356

(0.18893)

0.07277

(0.62588)
 1957–1961

− 0.14786***

(0.02112)

− 0.15616**

(0.06407)

− 0.08710

(0.27882)

− 0.06044

(0.08232)

− 0.08797

(0.18933)

0.07619

(0.62607)
 1962–1966

− 0.25177***

(0.02328)

− 0.26583***

(0.06437)

− 0.18217

(0.27890)

− 0.15686*

(0.08321)

− 0.21893

(0.19052)

− 0.05599

(0.62704)
 1967–1971

− 0.52710***

(0.03267)

− 0.50947***

(0.06611)

− 0.42965

(0.27926)

− 0.41736***

(0.08545)

− 0.47519**

(0.19314)

− 0.22417

(0.62906)
 1972–1976

− 0.83883***

(0.06718)

− 0.91845***

(0.08161)

− 0.90720***

(0.28273)

− 0.85090***

(0.10142)

− 0.91254***

(0.20874)

− 0.65174

(0.63909)
 1977–1981

− 1.30414***

(0.29562)

− 1.43556***

(0.28423)

− 1.36931***

(0.37364)

− 1.31454***

(0.25415)

− 1.40804***

(0.39862)

− 1.19502

(0.77592)
 1982–1988

− 2.00947

(1.49983)

− 1.51149*

(0.79014)
Mother’s age at birth
 13–16

0.22282***

(0.05859)

− 1.97915

(1.22346)
 17–18

0.13702***

(0.01448)

0.16475**

(0.06399)

− 0.05960

(0.41962)
 19–20

0.09904***

(0.00922)

0.06357***

(0.01998)

− 0.03267

(0.07190)

0.48881

(0.31477)

− 2.08971

(1.34949)
 21–22

0.06002***

(0.00804)

0.04225***

(0.01241)

0.06465**

(0.02957)

0.00822

(0.08362)

0.54092

(0.35054)
 23–24

0.02467***

(0.00768)

0.03005***

(0.01025)

0.03029

(0.02071)

0.04851

(0.04690)

− 0.12145

(0.11143)

− 0.08835

(0.34451)
 25–26 0 0 0 0 0 0
 27–28

− 0.03248***

(0.00813)

− 0.00287

(0.00925)

− 0.00532

(0.01677)

0.02856

(0.03334)

− 0.00838

(0.06672)

0.23909*

(0.13810)
 29–30

− 0.07661***

(0.00921)

− 0.04373***

(0.00952)

− 0.01609

(0.01652)

0.00408

(0.03254)

− 0.07541

(0.06386)

0.13315

(0.12862)
 31–32

− 0.12174***

(0.01105)

− 0.07660***

(0.01027)

− 0.04768***

(0.01687)

− 0.04443

(0.03255)

− 0.09074

(0.06415)

0.12893

(0.12611)
 33–34

− 0.16321***

(0.01375)

− 0.10752***

(0.01152)

− 0.06154***

(0.01761)

− 0.04688

(0.03330)

− 0.05422

(0.06401)

0.20862

(0.12711)
 35–36

− 0.17536***

(0.01723)

− 0.15801***

(0.01358)

− 0.07034***

(0.01883)

− 0.05639

(0.03433)

− 0.10482

(0.06519)

0.08848

(0.12776)
 37–38

− 0.21366***

(0.02172)

− 0.16686***

(0.01703)

− 0.11897***

(0.02097)

− 0.11171***

(0.03609)

− 0.15039**

(0.06738)

0.14309

(0.13056)
 39–40

− 0.22268***

(0.02952)

− 0.24165***

(0.02258)

− 0.14495***

(0.02479)

− 0.14624***

(0.03917)

− 0.16113**

(0.07034)

0.08552

(0.13339)
 41–42

− 0.25879***

(0.04272)

− 0.25366***

(0.03377)

− 0.14913***

(0.03356)

− 0.14314***

(0.04650)

− 0.17267**

(0.07751)

− 0.10323

(0.14057)
 43–44

− 0.27440***

(0.07151)

− 0.30691***

(0.05934)

− 0.30146***

(0.05444)

− 0.13525**

(0.06229)

− 0.25841***

(0.09381)

− 0.03169

(0.15536)
 45–46

− 0.23821*

(0.14289)

− 0.25051**

(0.12185)

− 0.44273***

(0.11195)

− 0.19400*

(0.11251)

− 0.01306

(0.14914)

0.14074

(0.20966)
 47–48

− 0.60240

(0.40948)

− 0.12465

(0.30659)

− 0.47382**

(0.23428)

− 0.45883*

(0.24882)

0.01068

(0.31415)

0.46232

(0.37512)
 49–53

1.38997

(0.86848)

0.06429

(0.86529)

2.49851***

(0.88709)

0.19493

(0.57905)

− 0.20269

(0.67131)
Constant

1.79300***

(0.02108)

1.94518***

(0.06416)

1.93114***

(0.27899)

1.97033***

(0.08246)

2.04975***

(0.18718)

1.73206***

(0.62032)
Observations 302,475 226,331 102,580 39,297 14,834 5999
R-squared 0.02044 0.01931 0.02079 0.02139 0.02474 0.02216

Swedish register data, authors’ own calculations

Standard errors in parentheses

***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.1