Table 1 Summary statistics for OLS regressions.

From: Industrial energy use and the human life history

Dependent Variable

Intercept (SE)

Slope (SE)

Adj Rsq

P value

df

industrial populations

Births per year

0.214

−0.365

0.522

3.67E-21

120

 

(0.237)

(0.032)

   

Mortality under age five

10.279

−0.969

0.684

8.56E-32

119

 

(0.448)

(0.060)

   

Life expectancy*

3.284

0.124

0.420

3.41E-16

121

 

(0.098)

(0.013)

   

Age at first reproduction

2.447

0.095

0.611

2.94E-22

99

 

(0.057)

(0.008)

   

Age at menopause

3.705

0.025

0.413

5.67E-04

21

 

(0.048)

(0.006)

   

Age at menarche

2.844

−0.032

0.259

1.93E-05

58

 

(0.053)

(0.007)

   

Reproductive delay

−0.323

0.341

0.695

3.02E-15

52

 

(0.237)

(0.031)

   

Net reproductive rate

2.304

−0.302

0.515

1.37E-18

106

 

(0.211)

(0.028)

   

Reproductive lifespan**

35.760

−1.359

0.300

7.34E-03

18

 

(3.521)

(0.450)

   

nonhuman primates

Maximum lifespan

2.380

0.271

0.507

6.07E-17

98

 

(0.079)

(0.027)

   

Age at first reproduction

0.035

0.445

0.730

5.49E-29

95

 

(0.082)

(0.028)

   

Reproductive delay

−1.338

0.321

0.159

1.13E-03

56

 

(0.285)

(0.094)

   

Age at menarche

−0.306

0.495

0.685

9.38E-22

79

 

(0.112)

(0.037)

   

Reproductive lifespan**

7.980

4.600

0.319

1.05E-08

83

 

(2.184)

(0.724)

   

mammals, excluding primates

Births per year

2.312

−0.376

0.662

1.08E-67

278

 

(0.064)

(0.016)

   
  1. *A nonlinear function is more appropriate for this variable, see Figure 2C.
  2. **Crude estimate, see Methods and not log-transformed.