Rebel without a cause or effect: Birth order and social attitudes

American Sociological Review

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 207-231

  Freese, Jeremy ^a   Powell, Brian ^b   Steelman, Lala Carr ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH INTERVAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032793332     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657528     Document Type: Article

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