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Table 8: Regressions of husband’s height on wife’s height and other characteristics of wife and husband by marital
duration. PSID: 1999-2007. Wife’s age: 20-50.
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Marital duration ≤ 3 years > 3 years ≤ 3 years > 3 years ≤ 3 years > 3 years ≤ 3 years > 3 years
Wife’s Height 0.131*** 0.139*** 0.132*** 0.132*** 0.144*** 0.127*** 0.130*** 0.127***
Wife’s Weight
(0.049) (0.027) (0.049) (0.027) (0.047) (0.027) (0.049) (0.027)
−0.014*** −0.011*** −0.014*** −0.009*** −0.014*** −0.009*** −0.012*** −0.007***
(0.004) (0.002) (0.004) (0.002) (0.004) (0.002) (0.004) (0.002)
Husband’s Weight 0.038*** 0.036*** 0.038*** 0.035*** 0.037*** 0.036*** 0.035*** 0.036***
(0.004) (0.002) (0.004) (0.002) (0.004) (0.002) (0.004) (0.002)
Husband’s Age −0.044** −0.012 −0.043** −0.017** −0.049** −0.015* −0.070*** −0.016*
(0.020) (0.009) (0.021) (0.009) (0.021) (0.009) (0.022) (0.009)
Husband’s Log Earnings −0.076 0.492*** −0.006 0.455*** −0.019 0.186*
(0.236) (0.102) (0.229) (0.101) (0.248) (0.107)
Wife’s Log Earnings 0.044 0.006 0.049 0.006 0.038 −0.009
(0.043) (0.015) (0.046) (0.015) (0.046) (0.015)
Number of children −0.006 0.012 0.138 −0.018
(0.129) (0.059) (0.143) (0.060)
Wife’s Good Health 0.061 −0.011 0.328 −0.108
(0.547) (0.288) (0.625) (0.302)
Husband’s Good Health −1.74** 1.01*** −1.80** 0.865***
(0.727) (0.280) (0.829) (0.286)
Wife’s Education 0.153** 0.123***
(0.072) (0.040)
Husband’s Education −0.015 0.089**
(0.073) (0.038)
N 1,397 5,821 1,397 5,821 1,396 5,821 1,262 5,324
R 2 0.40 0.26 0.40 0.27 0.41 0.28 0.41 0.30
Adjusted R 2 0.28 0.23 0.28 0.24 0.30 0.25 0.28 0.26
Clusters 1,041 2,097 1,041 2,097 1,040 2,097 954 1,921
Note: Heteroskedasticity robust standard errors clustered at the household head level are reported in parentheses.
All regressions include state, year, and state-by-year dummies. Observations have been weighed using family weights.
*** p-value < 0.01, ** p-value < 0.05, * p-value < 0.1
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