Childhood accidents, family size and birth order
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Blessed are the first: The long-term effect of birth order on trust
2020, Economics and Human BiologyCitation Excerpt :Indeed, previous studies have shown that such characteristics, jointly with the higher pressure on laterborns to realize the same returns from more limited resources, would make laterborns more likely to undertake risky behavior than their older siblings (Bertoni and Brunello, 2016; Wang et al., 2009). For instance, laterborns tend to select more dangerous sports than firstborns and, when playing the same sport, they get often involved into riskier actions (Sulloway and Zweigenhaft, 2010); they are also more likely to be involved in drawing and household accidents (Nixon and Pearn, 1978; Bijur et al., 1988) as well as in accidental injuries (Mytton et al., 2009). Importantly, propensity to take risks appears to be positively associated with experimental and attitudinal measures of trust (Eckel and Wilson, 2004; Ermisch et al., 2009; Schechter, 2007).
Birth Order and Injury-Related Infant Mortality in the U.S.
2017, American Journal of Preventive MedicineCitation Excerpt :As the number of children in a household increases, parental stress can increase30,31 and parental attention can be divided,26 potentially resulting in more oversight by older siblings.3,29 This is supported by studies that have found increased risks of childhood injury for children with larger family sizes, a hazard that appears to be restricted to later-born siblings.32 Mothers to second or later–born infants are less likely to initiate prenatal care early, take prenatal vitamins, and breastfeed compared with their first-born infant, a pattern suggestive of lower parental investment in and social support for the health and well-being of later-born children.33
Kin and birth order effects on male child mortality: three East Asian populations, 1716–1945
2017, Evolution and Human BehaviorBirth order and private voluntary immunization-A study of 110,902 children
2012, VaccineCitation Excerpt :In some conditions, birth order seems to play a protective role; infant mortality, for example, was inversely related to ascending birth ranking [2]. For other outcomes, such as accidents, birth order had a deleterious effect, with children born later to a large sibship having a higher risk of accidental injury requiring hospitalization [3]. A higher chance of appropriate and timely vaccination has been demonstrated for firstborn siblings and children in smaller families [4,5].
Effects on mortality of changing trends in the management of burned children in Turkey: Eight years' experience
2009, BurnsCitation Excerpt :In our series, among children older than 6 years there was a significant decrease in the rate of neglect but a clear increase in the rate of accidental burn. Age of 3–6 years and life in a family comprising more than five people were independent variables for childhood burn in our and other studies [7,11]. Among our child inpatients, 59.3% had been transferred on the day of injury; 74.1% were transferred from other health facilities (55.3% from state hospitals).