Title: Birth Order and Familial Influences in the Middle East
Abstract: The relationship between birth order and familial influences on the decision to go to college and on other related areas to post-college expectations is analyzed in a study based on a total sample of women college students in the Middle East. The basic finding of the study is that first-born girls tend to be more influenced by one or both parents than last-born children. This pattern is distinct in certain segments of the population, with special emphasis on paternal authority. Friends, teachers, and other adults outside the family are consistently undermined by all sibling ranks, whereas self-initiative is equally important for all children. Theoretically, the continued reliance on the family as a primary group not permeated by the influence of secondary groups, implies the solidarity of the nuclear family in the Middle Eastern society. Moreover, the relatively high dependance on some members of the family, on the part of first-born girls as compared to last-horns, supports the proposition that the former group acts as a carrier of the traditional culture.
Publication Year: 1971
Publication Date: 1971-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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