Marjoribanks K
Soc Biol. 1989 Spring-Summer;36(1-2):23-31.
Longitudinal data were used to examine relationships among sibling variables, perceptions of family environments, and measures of educational attainment, occupational status, and occupational aspirations. The analyses involved 21-year-old Australians from Anglo-Australian, Greek, and Southern Italian families. Regression surfaces were plotted from models that included terms to test for possible linear, interaction, and curvilinear associations among the variables. The study indicated that sibsize and birth order continued to have many significant associations with young adults' status attainment even after taking into account the mediating influence of perceived family environments. Also, the investigation suggested that there are ethnic-group differences in relations among sibling variables, perceived parents' support for learning, and young adults' status attainment.
纵向数据用于检验兄弟姐妹变量、家庭环境认知以及教育程度、职业地位和职业抱负衡量指标之间的关系。分析涉及来自英裔澳大利亚、希腊和意大利南部家庭的21岁澳大利亚人。从包含用于检验变量间可能的线性、交互和曲线关联项的模型中绘制回归曲面。研究表明，即使考虑到感知家庭环境的中介影响，兄弟姐妹数量和出生顺序与年轻人的地位获得仍有许多显著关联。此外，调查表明，在兄弟姐妹变量、感知到的父母对学习的支持以及年轻人的地位获得之间的关系上存在族群差异。
