Alternate Models of Sibling Status Effects on Health in Later Life

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 677-687

  Falbo, Toni ^a   Kim, Sunghun ^a   Chen, Kuan yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; health; siblings

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APTITUDE; BIRTH ORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PARENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WISCONSIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649099709     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013941     Document Type: Article

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