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#birthorder β€” Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #birthorder, aggregated by home.social.

  1. πŸ”– NEW findings from the ESRC-funded FertilityTrends project

    The first study to examine how having children in Britain has changed over 3 decades, by child order (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.), and to compare these changes between England & Wales and Scotland

    ➑️Article: doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2025.

    #fertility #birthorder #demography #population #populationstudies #socialscience #family #havingchildren #birthrates

  2. Why Your Big #Sister Resents You
    β€œ#EldestDaughterSyndrome” assumes that #birthorder shapes who we are and how we interact. Does it?
    The stereotypes are familiar to many of us: #Firstborn #children are reliable and high-achieving; middle children are sociable and rebellious (and overlooked); and youngest children are charming and manipulative.
    nytimes.com/2024/04/15/well/fa
    archive.ph/S2Ynx