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Sibling, family environment and ability correlates of adolescents' aspirations: ethnic group differences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Kevin Marjoribanks
Kevin Marjoribanks
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University of Adelaide, Australia
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Longitudinal data were used to examine relationships between sibling variables and adolescents' aspirations at different social status, family environment and ability levels in a sample of 260 Anglo-Australian, 120 Greek, and 90 Southern Italian families. In this follow-up study of an earlier investigation each family had a 16-year-old child and the analyses related to those adolescents. The study suggests that there are different relationships between birth order and educational and occupational aspirations for adolescents from different ethnic groups, even after taking into account the effect on aspirations of measures of ability and family environment.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , April 1988 , pp. 203 - 209
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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