The birth order factor: ordinal position, social strata, and educational achievement.
A study was conducted to examine the relationships among birth order, social strata, and educational attainment. Data were drawn from a sample of adults randomly chosen within census tracts that mirrored the actual class and racial percentages in a medium-sized California metropolitan area. Result...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Social Psychology Vol. 135; pp. 499 - 508 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
August 1995
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| Sumario: | A study was conducted to examine the relationships among birth order, social strata, and educational attainment. Data were drawn from a sample of adults randomly chosen within census tracts that mirrored the actual class and racial percentages in a medium-sized California metropolitan area. Results revealed that birth order influenced the educational outcomes of respondents who had experienced a comfortable family background during their growing-up years, with parents in the middle class allocating decisions that favored first-borns, followed by last-borns, and then children in other sibling positions. |
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