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

Table 7.

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

Variables Women
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

0.12054***

(0.00542)

0.09529***

(0.00580)

0.08757***

(0.00927)

0.09476***

(0.01572)

0.11185***

(0.02624)

0.05926

(0.04179)
 2

0.21763***

(0.00642)

0.17981***

(0.00838)

0.15933***

(0.01420)

0.16653***

(0.02310)

0.22657***

(0.03714)

0.04528

(0.05748)
 3

0.29617***

(0.00867)

0.24664***

(0.01299)

0.22592***

(0.02131)

0.19612***

(0.03363)

0.12904**

(0.05240)

0.26374***

(0.07931)
 4

0.35810***

(0.01301)

0.28717***

(0.02000)

0.19530***

(0.03155)

0.26741***

(0.04901)

0.11251

(0.07610)

0.16138

(0.11517)
 5

0.40121***

(0.01986)

0.36001***

(0.03017)

0.26925***

(0.04744)

0.21856***

(0.07009)

0.33227***

(0.10930)

0.34468**

(0.16645)
 6

0.41376***

(0.03027)

0.33357***

(0.04566)

0.35092***

(0.06955)

0.24197**

(0.10836)

0.44176***

(0.16505)

0.42537**

(0.20779)
 7

0.52222***

(0.04542)

0.42660***

(0.06486)

0.44699***

(0.10341)

0.09181

(0.15927)

0.33230*

(0.19683)

− 0.30565

(0.26911)
 8

0.57188***

(0.06455)

0.52323***

(0.10607)

0.30183*

(0.16573)

− 0.07570

(0.19898)

0.39970

(0.29534)

0.89393

(0.56941)
 9

0.62460***

(0.09340)

0.54847***

(0.15122)

0.45993***

(0.17728)

0.19583

(0.31372)

1.17910**

(0.54603)

0.54552

(0.62574)
 10

0.90336***

(0.14337)

0.34134*

(0.18024)

0.62405**

(0.29606)

− 0.50006

(0.52461)

0.55348

(0.61291)

− 0.21749

(1.24546)
 11

0.69865***

(0.16159)

0.03023

(0.24822)

0.28336

(0.38223)

− 0.06090

(1.17054)

− 0.44287

(0.70537)

0.25316

(0.88076)
 12

0.24044

(0.28892)

0.15820

(0.41954)

1.95036***

(0.66133)

1.08808

(0.69078)

0.37006

(0.85669)
 13

0.44864

(0.45684)

− 0.21292

(0.55545)

1.23739*

(0.66168)
 14

0.07889

(0.64601)

0.25579

(0.55491)
 15

2.60496***

(0.79108)
 16

0.13929

(1.11874)
Year of birth
 1932–1936 0 0 0 0 0 0
 1937–1941

− 0.06010***

(0.01872)

0.04217

(0.05629)

− 0.19291

(0.22053)
 1942–1946

− 0.08528***

(0.01822)

− 0.01514

(0.05545)

− 0.20947

(0.21930)

− 0.07379

(0.07831)

0.26519

(0.19400)

− 1.26409**

(0.52966)
 1947–1951

− 0.06570***

(0.01817)

− 0.01497

(0.05536)

− 0.19449

(0.21922)

− 0.07742

(0.07724)

0.23795

(0.19184)

− 1.25255**

(0.52750)
 1952–1956

− 0.03733**

(0.01835)

0.02125

(0.05539)

− 0.17430

(0.21922)

− 0.05339

(0.07724)

0.24846

(0.19175)

− 1.25564**

(0.52722)
 1957–1961

− 0.03356*

(0.01903)

0.02346

(0.05557)

− 0.14726

(0.21932)

0.01622

(0.07758)

0.35829*

(0.19205)

− 1.17480**

(0.52737)
 1962–1966

− 0.13368***

(0.02109)

− 0.05029

(0.05588)

− 0.21140

(0.21941)

− 0.04112

(0.07840)

0.33666*

(0.19300)

− 1.19124**

(0.52835)
 1967–1971

− 0.29178***

(0.02989)

− 0.22381***

(0.05765)

− 0.37366*

(0.21983)

− 0.17787**

(0.08046)

0.16175

(0.19512)

− 1.24174**

(0.53021)
 1972–1976

− 0.71587***

(0.06430)

− 0.62976***

(0.07273)

− 0.83695***

(0.22407)

− 0.56247***

(0.09452)

− 0.26369

(0.20850)

− 1.74190***

(0.53989)
 1977–1981

− 1.22904***

(0.23167)

− 1.33660***

(0.22876)

− 1.46089***

(0.31281)

− 1.57110***

(0.26474)

− 1.30471***

(0.36001)

− 2.35581***

(0.67441)
 1982–1988

− 1.96300**

(0.86812)

− 2.36741*

(1.36887)
Mother’s age at birth
 13–16

0.16360***

(0.05407)

0.08192

(0.45348)
 17–18

0.12852***

(0.01337)

0.09176

(0.05915)

0.00678

(0.51244)

− 1.06090

(1.17054)
 19–20

0.09765***

(0.00855)

0.07124***

(0.01819)

0.13388*

(0.07035)

− 0.47639

(0.42361)
 21–22

0.06295***

(0.00749)

0.04027***

(0.01148)

0.05720**

(0.02714)

0.07439

(0.08020)

− 0.00908

(0.26634)
 23–24

0.03375***

(0.00717)

0.03023***

(0.00951)

0.02200

(0.01930)

0.01857

(0.04213)

− 0.01545

(0.10305)

− 0.43627

(0.27250)
 25–26 0 0 0 0 0 0
 27–28

− 0.02634***

(0.00759)

− 0.01315

(0.00860)

− 0.05027***

(0.01567)

− 0.05620*

(0.03021)

− 0.01003

(0.06225)

0.02894

(0.13049)
 29–30

− 0.06363***

(0.00856)

− 0.03539***

(0.00882)

− 0.03324**

(0.01541)

− 0.04307

(0.02943)

− 0.03144

(0.05933)

− 0.10125

(0.12370)
 31–32

− 0.07960***

(0.01029)

− 0.07473***

(0.00957)

− 0.05144***

(0.01573)

− 0.05980**

(0.02960)

− 0.07779

(0.05944)

0.02143

(0.12195)
 33–34

− 0.09959***

(0.01285)

− 0.08644***

(0.01071)

− 0.08862***

(0.01646)

− 0.11193***

(0.03018)

− 0.10879*

(0.05990)

− 0.13980

(0.12251)
 35–36

− 0.12823***

(0.01604)

− 0.12019***

(0.01270)

− 0.10230***

(0.01756)

− 0.08933***

(0.03114)

− 0.02967

(0.06103)

− 0.14732

(0.12340)
 37–38

− 0.17065***

(0.02059)

− 0.15089***

(0.01575)

− 0.13246***

(0.01970)

− 0.14361***

(0.03281)

− 0.05720

(0.06291)

− 0.20938*

(0.12490)
 39–40

− 0.13603***

(0.02753)

− 0.15835***

(0.02098)

− 0.14439***

(0.02343)

− 0.14580***

(0.03580)

− 0.12269*

(0.06600)

− 0.12874

(0.12833)
 41–42

− 0.11907***

(0.03949)

− 0.21463***

(0.03096)

− 0.16209***

(0.03056)

− 0.19230***

(0.04272)

− 0.10763

(0.07186)

− 0.13630

(0.13354)
 43–44

− 0.23447***

(0.06576)

− 0.15002***

(0.05298)

− 0.24891***

(0.04977)

− 0.16920***

(0.05920)

− 0.21174**

(0.08731)

− 0.12517

(0.15006)
 45–46

− 0.15811

(0.14070)

− 0.14114

(0.11686)

− 0.16800*

(0.09397)

− 0.11161

(0.10046)

− 0.18692

(0.14068)

− 0.36385*

(0.19875)
 47–48

− 0.63943

(0.42315)

− 0.51161

(0.33540)

− 0.40210*

(0.21025)

− 0.17532

(0.25252)

0.52236

(0.34435)

− 0.33699

(0.32711)
 49–53

0.53350

(0.61283)

0.80065

(1.24949)
Constant

1.86346***

(0.01897)

1.92243***

(0.05567)

2.20813***

(0.21953)

2.13832***

(0.07747)

1.83391***

(0.18980)

3.44110***

(0.52003)
Observations 290,606 215,604 97,707 37,721 14,335 5911
R-squared 0.01938 0.01607 0.01499 0.01480 0.01689 0.01839

Swedish register data, authors’ own calculations

Standard errors in parentheses

***p < 0.01; **p < 0.05; *p < 0.1