%0 Journal Article %A Melinda C. Mills %A Nicola Barban %A Felix C. Tropf %T The Sociogenomics of Polygenic Scores of Reproductive Behavior and Their Relationship to Other Fertility Traits %D 2018 %R 10.7758/RSF.2018.4.4.07 %J RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences %P 122-136 %V 4 %N 4 %X Human reproductive behavior until relatively recently has been explained exclusively via individual and social characteristics. This article applies results from a recent Genome-Wide Association Study that combined sixty-two data sources to isolate twelve genetic loci associated with reproductive behavior. We create polygenic scores that allow us to include a summary variable of genetic factors into our statistical models. We use four datasets: the U.S. Health and Retirement Study, Dutch LifeLines, TwinsUK and the Swedish Twin register. First, we provide a brief overview of the dominant explanations of reproductive behavior. Second, we test the predictive power of polygenic scores. Third, we interrogate the robustness of our models using a series of sensitivity analyses to take into account possible confounders due to population stratification and selection. %U https://www.rsfjournal.org/content/rsfjss/4/4/122.full.pdf