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Educational and occupational achievements of brothers and sisters in adoptive and biologically related families.

Behavior genetics - 1 Jul 1994

Scarr S, Weinberg R A

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The study of brothers and sisters from adoptive and biologically related families permits unique analyses of the determinants of young adults' educational and occupational achievements. Brothers and sisters come from the same homes, neighborhoods, and usually schools. Many differences among families are controlled by the study of siblings. In addition, adoptive families influence their children only through the...

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PMID: 7993309
DOI: 10.1007/BF01067532

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