Reposted by Ole Rogeberg
How much of the intergenerational transmission of SES is due to social factors?
To answer this, shared 🧬 between parents and children need to be considered. In our new study, we use two designs to account for genetic confounding.
We find that roughly 20 percent is due to social factors!
To answer this, shared 🧬 between parents and children need to be considered. In our new study, we use two designs to account for genetic confounding.
We find that roughly 20 percent is due to social factors!
Social origins and socioeconomic outcomes: a combined twin and adoption study
Abstract. Parents and children tend to have similar socioeconomic status (SES). Sociological theory has often emphasized the role of social mechanisms in i
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June 16, 2025 at 5:44 AM
How much of the intergenerational transmission of SES is due to social factors?
To answer this, shared 🧬 between parents and children need to be considered. In our new study, we use two designs to account for genetic confounding.
We find that roughly 20 percent is due to social factors!
To answer this, shared 🧬 between parents and children need to be considered. In our new study, we use two designs to account for genetic confounding.
We find that roughly 20 percent is due to social factors!
Reposted by Ole Rogeberg
This gem is hidden in the response to the response. ”…within a few hours and under extreme time pressure 11,843 households were visited and 22,686 respondents interviewed (two spouses in each household).” Indeed hard to believe 🫠
March 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
This gem is hidden in the response to the response. ”…within a few hours and under extreme time pressure 11,843 households were visited and 22,686 respondents interviewed (two spouses in each household).” Indeed hard to believe 🫠
Reposted by Ole Rogeberg
Just reviewed for Mechanisms of Aging and Development, a respected journal w. IF>5, and found this in the acceptance letter: "This recommendation is primarily based on your esteemed standing in the academic community, rather than on the overall quality of the manuscript itself." What can you say?
January 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Just reviewed for Mechanisms of Aging and Development, a respected journal w. IF>5, and found this in the acceptance letter: "This recommendation is primarily based on your esteemed standing in the academic community, rather than on the overall quality of the manuscript itself." What can you say?
Reposted by Ole Rogeberg
🚨 New study alert! 🚨
We find that socioeconomic background—parents' income and education—strongly predicts early adult mortality.
We find that socioeconomic background—parents' income and education—strongly predicts early adult mortality.
November 20, 2024 at 10:05 PM
🚨 New study alert! 🚨
We find that socioeconomic background—parents' income and education—strongly predicts early adult mortality.
We find that socioeconomic background—parents' income and education—strongly predicts early adult mortality.
And to think: If only PNAS had required authors to tick the “I did not fake my data” box at the beginning of the submission process this whole debacle would have been avoided. 🤷♂️
October 11, 2023 at 4:40 PM
And to think: If only PNAS had required authors to tick the “I did not fake my data” box at the beginning of the submission process this whole debacle would have been avoided. 🤷♂️