Family Size and Birth Order Correlates of Intellectual, Psychosocial, and Physical Growth.

Mednick, Birgitte R.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ324202

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Publication Date: 1985

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Family Size and Birth Order Correlates of Intellectual, Psychosocial, and Physical Growth.

Mednick, Birgitte R.; And Others

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, v31 n1 p67-84 Jan 1985

Investigates relationships between family structure variables and 17 measures describing children's intellectual, psychosocial, and physical growth. Subjects were a 10 percent random sample of a Danish cohort consisting of children born in a Copenhagen hospital between September 1959 and December 1961; 857 subjects were followed to age 19. (Author/KS)

Descriptors: Birth Order, Children, Family Size, Intellectual Development, Longitudinal Studies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Denmark

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