The Origins of Happiness

Chapter 2

Table 2.5. How log income is affected by childhood outcomes and

family background (British Cohort Study)

Units β- coefficients

Unstandardized

coefficients

Intellectual
performance (16)

1, 0 0.15 (.01) 0.30 (.02)

Behavior (16) SD (index) 0.02 (.01) 0.01 (.01)

Emotional health
(16)

SD (index) 0.03 (.01) 0.02 (.01)

Family income Ln 0.09 (.01) 0.12 (.02)

Parents’ education Age 0.11 (.01) 0.04 (.00)

Father’s
unemployment

Fraction of

waves

−0.02 (.01) −0.08 (.04)

Mother’s
employment

Fraction of

waves

0.01 (.01) 0.01 (.02)

Parental
involvement

SD (index) 0.01 (.01) 0.01 (.01)

Family break- up 1, 0 −0.00 (.01) −0.00 (.02)

Mother’s mental
health

SD (index) 0.01 (.01) 0.01 (.01)

Number of
siblings

Number −0.01 (.01) −0.01 (.01)

Postmarital
conception

1, 0 −0.00 (.01) −0.00 (.02)

Female 1, 0 −0.45 (.01) −0.62 (.01)

Ethnicity: white 1, 0 −0.02 (.01) −0.12 (.05)

Low birth weight 1, 0 −0.02 (.01) −0.07 (.03)

Observations 12,378 12,378

R^2 0.260 0.260