Birth Order and Sibling Sex Composition Effects among Surviving Children in India: Enrollment Status and Test Scores
Birth Order and Sibling Sex Composition Effects among Surviving Children in India: Enrollment Status and Test Scores
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印度幸存儿童的出生顺序和兄弟姐妹性别构成影响：入学状况和测试分数
DOI：
10.1111/deve.12179
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Momoe Makino
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作者：
Momoe Makino;Momoe Makino and Abu S. Shonchoy;Momoe Makino
虽然晚出生的女孩在印度似乎最不受欢迎，但性别歧视仍然存在，出生顺序和幸存儿童的兄弟姐妹性别组成影响鲜为人知。目前的研究调查了在印度，一旦孩子活到小学年龄，后来出生的女孩是否会受到兄弟姐妹的歧视。检查对考试成绩的影响表明，幸存儿童中的女孩没有负面的后期出生影响。相反，如果女孩有姐妹篇，她们似乎总是处于优势地位。此外，小学学龄儿童中的性别偏见只在较大的家庭中发现。这意味着在生存方面性别歧视是严重的，但一旦儿童活到小学年龄，他们就受到平等对待。
While the birth of later‐born girls seems least welcome in India, where gender discrimination persists, birth order and sibling sex composition effects among surviving children are less known. The current study investigates whether later‐born girls are discriminated from their siblings once children survive up to primary school age in India. Examining the effects on test scores reveals that there is no negative later‐born effect for girls among surviving children. Instead, girls seem to be consistently at an advantage if they have elder sisters. Furthermore, gender bias among primary school age children is detected only in households of larger size. This implies that gender discrimination is severe in terms of survival, but once children survive up to primary school age they are treated equally.