Are elder siblings helpers or competitors?

Thursday, November 22, 2012 - 08:31 in Health & Medicine

Having elder siblings decreases mortality risk in childhood, but same-sex elder siblings are associated with lower marriage rates and fewer children for their younger siblings in adulthood, according to the results of a long-term study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B today.

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