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Title: Being an Only Child: Effects on Educational Progression and Career Orientation
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Mott, Frank L. Haurin, R. Jean |
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Being an Only Child: Effects on Educational Progression and Career Orientation Journal of Family Issues 3,4 (December 1982): 575-593. Also: http://jfi.sagepub.com/content/3/4/575.abstract Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women Publisher: Sage Publications Keyword(s): Behavior; Career Patterns; Children; Educational Attainment; Family Influences; I.Q.; Marriage; Pairs (also see Siblings); Siblings Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This study uses data from the Young Men's and Young Women's cohorts of the NLS to measure the independent effects of sibling number and placement on a number of educational, family, career, and social-psychological outcomes as of age 24. In particular, the study compares separately for young men and women the effects of being an only child with being the older of two children as well as the general importance of coming from a smaller rather than a larger family. The authors conclude that, while confluence theory is frequently supported by the data for both sexes, the corollary tutoring hypothesis is generally only validated for young women. The authors conjecture that this sex discrepancy may reflect a greater likelihood that the tutoring role within the family may be substantially affectively based, thus making it an activity that is more likely to be associated with female intrafamily role behavior. |
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Mott, Frank L. and R. Jean Haurin. "Being an Only Child: Effects on Educational Progression and Career Orientation." Journal of Family Issues 3,4 (December 1982): 575-593.
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