Table 2

Descriptives on intrapair discordances on educational status and income, stratified on zygosity in a population of Danish twins (n=24 370)

DZSSMZ
(n=15 788)(n=8582)
NPer cent*NPer cent*
Educational status
 Primary vs secondary359023146017
 Primary vs tertiary90063164
 Secondary vs tertiary21941482010
 Any discordance668442259630
Income
 1st quartile vs 2nd quartile204813107212
 1st quartile vs 3rd quartile1706117549
 1st quartile vs 4th quartile115874906
 2nd quartile vs 3rd quartile226614119414
 2nd quartile vs 4th quartile1574106828
 3rd quartile vs 4th quartile200013108013
 Any discordance10 75268527261
  • *May not sum to 100 because of rounding.

  • DZSS, dizygotic same sex twins; MZ, monozygotic twins.