Table 2.
Polygenic score and educational attainment.
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EA Score | 0.844*** | 0.614*** | 0.610*** | 0.589*** | 0.587*** |
| (0.046) | (0.043) | (0.043) | (0.045) | (0.032) | |
| Father Educ. | 0.147*** | 0.144*** | 0.107*** | 0.109*** | |
| (0.013) | (0.013) | (0.016) | (0.013) | ||
| Mother Educ. | 0.172*** | 0.170*** | 0.149*** | 0.150*** | |
| (0.016) | (0.016) | (0.016) | (0.015) | ||
| Child Health: Very Good |
 0.141 |
 0.100 |
 0.128* |
||
| (0.126) | (0.116) | (0.070) | |||
| Child Health: Good |
 0.259** |
 0.190 |
 0.422*** |
||
| (0.127) | (0.123) | (0.090) | |||
| Child Health: Fair |
 0.197 |
 0.114 |
 0.407*** |
||
| (0.168) | (0.175) | (0.145) | |||
| Child Health: Poor |
 0.651 |
 0.549 |
 0.853 |
||
| (0.579) | (0.572) | (0.573) | |||
| Child Health: Missing | 1.561*** | 1.054 | 1.995 | ||
| (0.415) | (1.159) | (1.243) | |||
| Obs. | 8537 | 8537 | 8537 | 8537 | 8537 |
| R 2 | 0.253 | 0.361 | 0.363 | 0.380 | 0.515 |
| Child SES Measures | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Child Region | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Religion | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Incr. R2, EA score | 0.075 | 0.038 | 0.037 | 0.034 | 0.034 |
Notes: Regressions relating educational attainment (years) to the EA score. All regressions include a full set of dummy variables for birth year, a male dummy, and a full set of interactions between the birth year and gender dummies. All specifications include the first 10 principal components of the full matrix of genetic data as controls. Some specifications include controls for parental education, childhood health, childhood SES measures, region during childhood and religion, as indicated. The last row reports the incremental R2 of the EA Score. *, **, and ***indicate statistical significance at the 10, 5 and 1 percent levels, respectively.