This study examined relations between the sex composition of family sibships and measures of family-learning environments. In the sample were 883 Australian 11-yr.-olds and their parents. After taking into account the relations between family social status and the environment measures, the findings indicated that the number of brothers and the number of sisters of the 11-yr.-olds had differential associations with the measures of environment.
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