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Denomination is rather heritable; socioeconomic status less so….

I was curious about a few social variables which often associate across generations, and also within families. So I looked in the General Social Survey for denomination, highest degree and socioeconomic index, which I knew were surveyed for the individual (respondent), their parents and their spouse. Below the fold are the correlation matrices generated. Remember that if you assume a linear dependency you square the correlation (e.g., 0.50 → 0.25) to find out how much of the variation in X can be accounted for by variation in Y.

Religious denomination DenominationFather’s Denom.Mother’s Denom.Denom. RaisedSpouse Denom.Spouse Denom. Raised
Denomination0.630.590.680.800.48
Father’s Denom.0.840.890.470.40
Mother’s Denom.0.870.410.39
Denom. Raised0.480.42
Spouse Denom. 0.67
Spouse Denom. Raised

Highest level of education DegreeFather’s Degree Mother’s Degree Spouse Degree
Degree0.430.410.57
Father’s Degree 0.570.37
Mother’s Degree 0.35
Spouse Degree

Socioeconomic index SEIFather’s SEI Mother’s SEI Spouse SEI
SEI0.260.230.33
Father’s SEI 0.380.22
Mother’s SEI 0.20
Spouse SEI

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