Ethnicity, sibling, and family correlates of young adults’ status attainment

A follow-up study

Bibliographic Data

ID5958204
AuthorsKevin Marjoribanks (Vice‐Chancellor, University of Adelaide, corresponding author)
Year1989
Volume36
Issue1-2
Pages23-31
Publication date1989-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBiodemography and Social Biology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1948-5565 • E-ISSN: 1948-5573
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19485565.1989.9988717
OpenAlexW4298340646
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

Longitudinal data were used to examine relationships among sibling variables, perceptions of family environments, and measures of educational attainment, occupational status, and occupational aspirations. The analyses involved 21‐year‐old Australians from Anglo‐Australian, Greek, and Southern Italian families. Regression surfaces were plotted from models that included terms to test for possible linear, interaction, and curvilinear associations among the variables. The study indicated that sibsize and birth order continued to have many significant associations with young adults’ status attainment even after taking into account the mediating influence of perceived family environments. Also, the investigation suggested that there are ethnic‐group differences in relations among sibling variables, perceived parents’ support for learning, and young adults’ status attainment

Birth order · Developmental psychology · Educational attainment · Ethnic group · Occupational prestige · Population · Regression analysis · Sibling · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Status attainment · Young adult · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Demography · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology

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