Table 6 Univariate estimates of chip-heritability for educational phenotypes at age 7 and 11 and genetic correlation with number of O-levels.

From: The role of common genetic variation in educational attainment and income: evidence from the National Child Development Study

 

N

Univariate

Genetic correlation with number of O-levels

heritability ()

se

P-value

Corr (rg)

se

P-value*

Tests at age 7:

 Arithmetic

4,932

0.11

0.07

0.05

0.50

0.37

0.13

 Reading

4,917

0.15

0.07

0.01

0.20

0.35

0.30

 Teacher reported ability

4,951

0.17

0.07

0.007

1.00

0.31

0.002

Tests at age 11:

 Maths

4,770

0.23

0.07

<0.001

0.53

0.24

0.05

 Reading

4,771

0.28

0.07

<0.001

0.61

0.22

0.02

 Verbal

4,773

0.11

0.07

0.06

0.64

0.35

0.09

 Nonverbal

4,773

0.06

0.07

0.20

0.94

0.53

0.07

 Copying

4,760

0.12

0.07

0.04

0.14

0.41

0.37

 Teacher reported ability

4,719

0.13

0.07

0.03

0.71

0.30

0.05

Child’s intentions and expectations:

 Parents interested in child’s education

4,693

0.02

0.07

0.37

0.81

1.02

0.16

 Intends to stay on past min. age

4,683

0.18

0.07

0.007

0.78

0.37

0.02

  1. Estimated using GCTA. *P-value from one-sided likelihood ratio test of the hypothesis rg = 0. All parameters adjusted for first twenty principle components of the genetic relatedness matrix and an indicator variable for the GWAS sample.
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