TY - JOUR
T1 - Sibship Sex Composition
T2 - Effects on Educational Attainment
AU - Conley, Dalton
N1 - Funding Information:
The author expresses thanks to Neil Bennett, Hiroshi Ishida, Kathryn Neckerman, James Shah, and Seymour Spilerman for their helpful advice and comments, and to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for its generous financial support.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - This study decomposes the detrimental effects of increased sibship on educational attainment by the sex of the respondent and his/her siblings. Previous theories regarding the interaction of gender and sibship sex composition are reviewed and a new hypothesis is offered: a revision of the sex minority hypothesis, positing that an increased number of siblings of the opposite sex (regardless of the of the respondent's gender) are harmful to educational achievement since sex minority children may find their gender-specific needs unmet, may suffer from socialization by the family that conflicts with sex role expectations within the educational system, or because there may exist returns to scale for "gender-specific"goods within the household. Findings reveal that it is the number of opposite sex siblings that most hurts educational attainment efforts, marshalling support for the revised sex minority hypothesis.
AB - This study decomposes the detrimental effects of increased sibship on educational attainment by the sex of the respondent and his/her siblings. Previous theories regarding the interaction of gender and sibship sex composition are reviewed and a new hypothesis is offered: a revision of the sex minority hypothesis, positing that an increased number of siblings of the opposite sex (regardless of the of the respondent's gender) are harmful to educational achievement since sex minority children may find their gender-specific needs unmet, may suffer from socialization by the family that conflicts with sex role expectations within the educational system, or because there may exist returns to scale for "gender-specific"goods within the household. Findings reveal that it is the number of opposite sex siblings that most hurts educational attainment efforts, marshalling support for the revised sex minority hypothesis.
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U2 - 10.1006/ssre.2000.0678
DO - 10.1006/ssre.2000.0678
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001539032
SN - 0049-089X
VL - 29
SP - 441
EP - 457
JO - Social Science Research
JF - Social Science Research
IS - 3
ER -