Table 3

Multivariable regression models of child height, parent education level, child age and sex

ECLS-K
(USA, Gini=37.0)
MCS
(UK, Gini=34.8)
LSAC-K (Australia, Gini=31.1)GenerationR (The Netherlands, Gini=26.8)ABIS
(Sweden, Gini=22.2)
Parent education
Level 1−1.88
(−2.56 to −1.21)
−1.60
(−1.90 to −1.29)
−0.84
(−1.42 to −0.26)
−0.84
(−1.63 to −0.07)
−1.28
(−2.14 to −0.42)
Level 2−1.00
(−1.26 to −0.74)
−0.99
(−1.24 to −0.73)
−0.46
(−0.82 to −0.11)
−0.44
(−0.87 to −0.02)
−0.12
(−0.43 to 0.20)
Level 3−0.34
(−0.62 to −0.07)
−0.72
(−1.07 to −0.36)
−0.39
(−0.71 to −0.07)
−0.34
(−0.74 to −0.05)
−0.11
(−0.37 to 0.16)
Level 4 (baseline)0.000.000.000.000.00
(Wald test for difference between parent education categories)p<0.01p<0.01p<0.01p=0.04p<0.01
Age (months)0.47
(0.44 to 0.50)
0.55
(0.52 to 0.58)
0.52
(0.46 to 0.57)
0.58
(0.53 to 0.63)
0.56
(0.52 to 0.59)
Sex—boy 0.83
(0.59 to 1.07)
0.96
(0.75 to 1.17)
1.01
(0.73 to 1.29)
0.63
(0.30 to 0.95)
0.90
(0.67 to 1.14)
No. observations 928212 182419135126464
  • ABIS, All Babies in Southeast Sweden; ECLS-K, Early Child Longitudinal Study K cohort; GenerationR, Generation R Study; LSAC-K, Longitudinal Study of Australian Children K cohort; MCS, Millennium Cohort Study.