Table 4 Regressions of family size on children’s educational attainment

From: Family Size and Educational Attainment: Cousins, Contexts, and Compensation

Research design OLS EFFE
Model 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
  Baseline W. Controls Baseline W. Controls Freq. meeting Help w. Childcare Closeness
Family size − 0.160***
(0.012) 		-0.037**
(0.012) 		− 0.100***
(0.013) 		− 0.034**
(0.013) 		− 0.047**
(0.014) 		− 0.046**
(0.014) 		− 0.074*
(0.030)
Family size × Freq. meeting      0.005**
(0.002) 		  
Family size × Childcare       0.488***
(0.142) 		 
Family size × closeness        0.021
(0.014)
Controls        
Birth order   − 0.109***
(0.013) 		  − 0.099**
(0.013) 		− 0.097***
(0.014) 		− 0.097***
(0.015) 		− 0.098***
(0.014)
Sex (woman)   − 0.160***
(0.025) 		  − 0.186***
(0.025) 		− 0.184***
(0.026) 		0.179***
(0.028) 		− 0.184***
(0.026)
Age   − 0.019***
(0.004) 		  − 0.017***
(0.004) 		− 0.017***
(0.004) 		− 0.015)**
(0.005) 		− 0.018***
(0.005)
Father’s education   0.161***
(0.009) 		  0.108***
(0.013) 		0.105***
(0.013) 		0.095***
(0.013) 		0.106***
(0.013)
Mother’s education   0.136***
(0.011) 		  0.099***
(0.015) 		0.100***
(0.015) 		0.085***
(0.017) 		0.099***
(0.015)
Father’s SES   0.009***
(0.001) 		  0.010***
(0.001) 		0.009***
(0.001) 		0.011***
(0.001) 		0.009***
(0.001)
Family income   0.007***
(0.001) 		  0.007**
(0.002) 		0.007**
(0.002) 		0.007**
(0.002) 		0.007**
(0.002)
IQ of graduate/sib   0.009***
(0.001) 		  0.005**
(0.002) 		0.006**
(0.002) 		0.007***
(0.002) 		0.006**
(0.002)
Birth order of graduate/sib   0.010
(0.009) 		  0.001
(0.017) 		0.005
(0.018) 		0.008
(0.019) 		0.001
(0.018)
Childcare       − 2.100***
(0.603) 		 
Constant 14.814***
(0.048) 		9.732***
(0.241) 		0.040***
(0.009) 		0.033***
(0.008) 		0.037***
(0.009) 		0.037***
(0.009) 		0.035***
(0.009)
N 22,734 22,734 22,544 22,544 19,793 18,114 19,798
Extended family FE No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
  1. *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05 Standard errors in OLS and IV models are adjusted for clustering within nuclear and extended families
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