Older siblings and adolescent risky behavior: does parenting play a role?

Children with older siblings are more likely to engage in risky behavior than their firstborn counterparts. Although the relationship between birth order and risky behavior may reflect the influence of older siblings, it is also possible that parents supervise later-born children less than firstborn...

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Volume:	24
Main Author:	Susan L. Averett Laura M. Argys Daniel I. Rees
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer 01.07.2011 Springer-Verlag SPRINGER
published in:	Journal of population economics Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 957 - 978
Data of publication:	20110701
ISSN:	0933-1433 1432-1475
EISSN:	1432-1475
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Parenting Family size Brothers Birth order Parents Children Adolescents Latchkey children Siblings Alcohols FAMILY Population Economics Economics general Demography Parental supervision Risky behavior J12 I12 J13 Economics / Management Science Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Youth Teenagers Health aspects QUALITY INITIATION INVOLVEMENT TIME CHILDREN ACHIEVEMENT Parental supervision Risky behavior FAMILY-SIZE AFTER-SCHOOL OUTCOMES Adolescents BIRTH-ORDER
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2011 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS