Summary Statistics—Families with and without Twins
| 2+ Sample | 3+ Sample | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Twins | With Twins | No Twins | With Twins | |||||
| Mean | Standard Deviation | Mean | Standard Deviation | Mean | Standard Deviation | Mean | Standard Deviation | |
| Panel A: 10–15-years-old | ||||||||
| Father’s age | 38.68 | 6.17 | 38.75 | 6.47 | 38.78 | 6.05 | 39.16 | 6.83 |
| Mother’s age | 34.63 | 4.89 | 34.81 | 5.13 | 34.47 | 4.62 | 34.45 | 4.79 |
| Father’s education | 5.36 | 4.39 | 4.70 | 4.23 | 4.58 | 4.16 | 3.77 | 3.89 |
| Mother’s education | 5.43 | 4.09 | 4.70 | 3.96 | 4.69 | 3.88 | 3.92 | 3.61 |
| Child age | 12.34 | 1.70 | 12.40 | 1.69 | 12.11 | 1.62 | 12.18 | 1.61 |
| White child | 0.61 | 0.49 | 0.54 | 0.50 | 0.54 | 0.50 | 0.45 | 0.50 |
| Urban area | 0.74 | 0.44 | 0.68 | 0.47 | 0.68 | 0.47 | 0.61 | 0.49 |
| Metro area | 0.27 | 0.44 | 0.25 | 0.44 | 0.23 | 0.42 | 0.18 | 0.39 |
| Panel B: 18–20-years-old | ||||||||
| Father’s age | 45.62 | 6.13 | 45.77 | 6.29 | 45.40 | 5.95 | 45.27 | 5.68 |
| Mother’s age | 41.42 | 4.78 | 41.71 | 5.12 | 41.03 | 4.47 | 40.73 | 4.76 |
| Father’s education | 5.03 | 4.39 | 4.23 | 4.29 | 4.50 | 4.19 | 3.95 | 4.00 |
| Mother’s education | 4.82 | 4.01 | 4.05 | 4.01 | 4.34 | 3.83 | 3.72 | 3.79 |
| Young adult age | 18.87 | 0.81 | 18.90 | 0.81 | 18.76 | 0.79 | 18.71 | 0.78 |
| White young adult | 0.64 | 0.48 | 0.56 | 0.50 | 0.59 | 0.49 | 0.51 | 0.50 |
| Urban area | 0.76 | 0.43 | 0.68 | 0.47 | 0.72 | 0.45 | 0.67 | 0.47 |
| Metro area | 0.31 | 0.46 | 0.27 | 0.45 | 0.28 | 0.45 | 0.24 | 0.43 |