School Grades and Responsibility for Younger Siblings: An Empirical Study of the "Teaching Function.".

Smith, Thomas Ewin

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Publication Date: 1984

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School Grades and Responsibility for Younger Siblings: An Empirical Study of the "Teaching Function."

Smith, Thomas Ewin

American Sociological Review, v49 n2 p248-60 Apr 1984

A study based on the confluence model of family effects upon intellectual growth found a negative relationship between grades and the number of older siblings for Whites but not for Blacks and a negative relationship between the grades of Blacks and responsibility for younger siblings. (CMG)

Descriptors: Birth Order, Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Size, Grades (Scholastic), Racial Differences, Responsibility, Sex Differences, Siblings, White Students

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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