Study Layard et al. (2013): study GB 2004
- Public
- 34 aged, United Kingdom, followed from childhood, 2004
- Survey name
- UK-British Cohort Study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 8868
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Intellectual performance
- Our Classification
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- Error Estimates
- s.e.=.02
- Remarks
- Data set using imputation for missing variables.
- Operationalization
- Age 5: Copy designs test score - ability to copy drawings.
Age 10: British Abilities Scales - Test of cognitive attainment akin to IQ.
Age 16: Whether any GCSE pass
Observed Relation with Happiness
- Age 5: r= +.09
- Age 10:r= +.07
- Age 16:r= +.09
- Good conduct (5,10,16)
- Family economic
- Family psychosocial
- Gender (female)
When limiting intellectual performance up to age 5: beta= +.05
age 10:beta= +.05
Indirect effect of childhood intellectual performance:
Simulated:
beta= +.07
Subtraction of total variance in intellectual performance from childhood performance:
beta= +.08
When limited to intellectual performance at age 5, beta=+.04
Beta controlled for:
- Intellectual performance at age 10 and age 16
- Good conduct at age 5, 10 and 16
- Emotional health at age 5, 10 and 16
- Social class of father when child is 10
- Family income at age 10
- Number of siblings at age 10
- Average employment rate of father at birth, age 5 and 10
- Age when mother left full time education
- Age when father left full time education
- Mother's average mental health at 5 and 10
- Post-marital conception
- Both natural parents live in household at 10
- Gender (female)
When limited to intellectual performance at age 10, beta=-.002.
Beta controlled for:
- Intellectual performance at age 5 and age 16
- Good conduct at age 5, 10 and 16
- Emotional health at age 5, 10 and 16
- Social class of father when child is 10
- Family income at age 10
- Number of siblings at age 10
- Average employment rate of father at birth, age 5 and 10
- Age when mother left full time education
- Age when father left full time education
- Mother's average mental health at 5 and 10
- Post-marital conception
- Both natural parents live in household at 10
- Gender (female)
When limited to intellectual performance at age 16, beta=+.016
Beta controlled for:
- Intellectual performance at age 5 and age 10
- Good conduct at age 5, 10 and 16
- Emotional health at age 5, 10 and 16
- Social class of father when child is 10
- Family income at age 10
- Number of siblings at age 10
- Average employment rate of father at birth, age 5 and 10
- Age when mother left full time education
- Age when father left full time education
- Mother's average mental health at 5 and 10
- Post-marital conception
- Both natural parents live in household at 10
- Gender (female)
- Income
- Employed
- Education
- Good conduct (16-34)
- Self-perceived health(26)
- Emotional health (26)