An investigation of socio-demographic factors surrounding childhood drowning accidents

Nixon, J. A.; Pearn, John

doi:10.1016/0160-7979(78)90097-8

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“…that birth order appears to play a role. Later-born children are 4 SDs more likely to be involved in near-drowning accidents (11), more likely to be involved in household accidents (12), and more likely to suffer from accidental injury (13). This pattern is consistent with Sulloway's model, but it is also consistent with the possibility that accidents are more likely to occur in households with more siblings, and in households with older siblings whose behaviors may become a reference point for younger children.…”

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No effect of birth order on adult risk taking

Lejarraga

Frey

Schnitzlein

et al. 2019

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Does birth order shape people’s propensity to take risks? Evidence is mixed. We used a three-pronged approach to investigate birth-order effects on risk taking. First, we examined the propensity to take risks as measured by a self-report questionnaire administered in the German Socio-Economic Panel, one of the largest and most comprehensive household surveys. Second, we drew on data from the Basel–Berlin Risk Study, one of the most exhaustive attempts to measure risk preference. This study administered 39 risk-taking measures, including a set of incentivized behavioral tasks. Finally, we considered the possibility that birth-order differences in risk taking are not reflected in survey responses and laboratory studies. We thus examined another source of behavioral data: the risky life decision to become an explorer or a revolutionary. Findings from these three qualitatively different sources of data and analytic methods point unanimously in the same direction: We found no birth-order effects on risk taking.

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Section: The Empirical Evidencesupporting

confidence: 75%

No effect of birth order on adult risk taking

Lejarraga

Frey

Schnitzlein

et al. 2019

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…Although, overall, children of lower SES levels have more injuries because they live in environments which have more hazards, this is not the case for all types of injury. For example, Nixon & Pearn (1978) have shown that children of high SES are at greater risk of drowning in domestic swimming pools because of the relatively high proportion of swimming pools in their homes. Conversely, children of low SES eire more likely to drown in domestic bath tubs.…”

Section: Socio-economic Statusmentioning

confidence: 99%

Injury Control—psychosocial Considerations

Langley

1984

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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“…While a growing number of studies identify effects of the presence of parents and occasionally other female co-resident kin on human child survival, few directly examine their possible interaction with birth order Coall 2011, Sear andMace 2008). Similarly, while there are studies of birth order differentials in early-age accidents, health and mortality (Bakketeig and Hoffman 1979, Bijur et al 1988, Hobcraft et al 1985, Horwitz et al 1985, Nixon and Pearn 1978, they overlook the possibility that these effects may differ according to the presence or absence of parents and other kin. This chapter, therefore, contributes to the literature by examining whether and how birth order and the presence or absence of parents and other kin in the household interact to shape child mortality in East Asia.…”

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Patriarchy, family system and kin effects on individual demographic behavior throughout the life course : East Asia, 1678-1945

Dong¹

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Chapter 2 'Big' Historical Data and Comparative Methodology 1. Five East Asian Populations Comparison and comparability lie at the heart of social science. 1 But, precise comparison is virtually impossible without similar methods and similar data. Comparable historical datasets are especially scarce. Until very recently, this was particularly true for micro-level data on social and demographic behavior in past populations. Section 1 introduces the five East Asian individual-level historical population panel datasets employed in this study, and Section 2 focuses on the harmonization and melding of these data, as well as the general comparative methodology. 1.1. Overview This thesis research makes use of five large-scale multigenerational individual-level panel datasets constructed based on historical household registers: the China Multi

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An investigation of socio-demographic factors surrounding childhood drowning accidents

Cited by 3 publications

References 11 publications

No effect of birth order on adult risk taking

No effect of birth order on adult risk taking

Injury Control—psychosocial Considerations

Patriarchy, family system and kin effects on individual demographic behavior throughout the life course : East Asia, 1678-1945

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