Relationships were examined among birth order, sibsize, family environments, and young adults' attainment of social status for 300 21-yr.-old Australians. The sibling variables had significant associations with young women's social-status attainment whereas the relationships between the siblings' and young men's attainment measures were mediated by their perceptions of family environment.
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