Explaining sibling differences in achievement and behavioral outcomes: The importance of within- and between-family factors

Social Science Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1087-1104

  Conley, Dalton ^a   Pfeiffer, Kathryn M ^a   Velez, Melissa ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral problems; Child development; Cognitive achievement; Family; Fixed effects models; Intra class correlations; Sibling differences; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447557935     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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