scholarly journals Birth Order and Voter Turnout

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Bernt Bratsberg ◽  
Christopher T. Dawes ◽  
Andreas Kotsadam ◽  
Karl-Oskar Lindgren ◽  
Richard Öhrvall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Order Effect ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Register Data ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Birth Order Effect

Abstract Previous studies have stressed the role of a child's family environment for future political participation. This field of research has, however, overlooked that children within the same family have different experiences depending on their birth order. First-borns spend their first years of life without having to compete over their parents' attention and resources, while their younger siblings are born into potential rivalry. We examine differences in turnout depending on birth order, using unique population-wide individual level register data from Sweden and Norway that enables precise within-family estimates. We consistently find that higher birth order entails lower turnout, and that the turnout differential with respect to birth order is stronger when turnout is lower. The link between birth order and turnout holds when we use data from four other, non-Nordic countries. This birth order effect appears to be partly mediated by socio-economic position and attitudinal predispositions.

A Test for Birth Order Effect

1960 ◽  
Vol 14 (72) ◽  
pp. 384
Author(s):  
C. C. Craig ◽  
D. E. Barton ◽  
F. N. David
Keyword(s):  
Birth Order ◽  
Order Effect ◽  
Birth Order Effect

scholarly journals The Fraternal Birth-Order Effect as Statistical Artefact: Convergent Evidence from Probability Calculus, Simulated Data, and Multiverse Meta- Analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes K Vilsmeier ◽  
Michael Kossmeier ◽  
Martin Voracek ◽  
Ulrich S. Tran
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Order Effect ◽  
Probability Calculus ◽  
Older Brothers ◽  
Birth Order Effect ◽  
Fraternal Birth Order ◽  
Fraternal Birth Order Effect ◽  
Ratio Variables

For a quarter of a century researchers investigating the origins of sexual orientation have largely ascribed to the fraternal birth order effect (FBOE) as a fact, holding that older brothers increase the odds of homosexual orientation among men through an immunoreactivity process. Here, we triangulate the empirical foundations of the FBOE from three distinct, informative perspectives: First, drawing on basic probability calculus, we deduce mathematically that the body of statistical evidence of the FBOE rests on the false assumptions that effects of family size should be controlled for and that this could be achieved through the use of ratio variables. Second, using a data-simulation approach, we demonstrate that by using ratio variables, researchers are bound to falsely declare corroborating evidence of an excess of older brothers at a rate of up to 100%, and that valid approaches attempting to quantify a potential excess of older brothers among homosexual men must control for the confounding effects of the number of older siblings. And third, we re-examine the empirical evidence of the FBOE by using a novel specification-curve and multiverse approach to meta-analysis. This yielded highly inconsistent and moreover similarly-sized effects across 64 male and 17 female samples (N = 2,778,998), compatible with an excess as well as with a lack of older brothers in both groups, thus, suggesting that almost no variation in the number of older brothers in men is attributable to sexual orientation.

scholarly journals Levels and Determinants of Youth Political Participation: Regional Inequalities and Northeastern Slovenia

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2018) (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrej Kirbiš
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Regional Variation ◽  
Civic Participation ◽  
Scientific Paper ◽  
One Dimension ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Regional Inequalities ◽  
Post Communism

Category: 1.01 Original scientific paper Language: Original in English (Abstract in English and Slovenian, Summary in Slovenian) Key words: political participation, determinants, youth, Slovenia, regional inequalities, democracy, civic participation, democratization, democratic consolidation, post-communism Abstract: The main purpose of our study was 1) to analyse previously unexamined regional inequalities in four dimensions of political participation among Slovenian youth (self-reported voter turnout, non-electoral conventional participation, protest participation and civic participation); 2) to examine macro-determinants of regional inequalities in political participation; and 3) to examine regional variation in individual-level determinants of political participation. We found several substantial regional inequalities in youth political participation, although the extent of inequalities differed depending on examined participation dimension. Regional inequalities exist particularly in voter turnout and civic participation, while at the same time, regions that score higher on one dimension in some cases score lower on other dimensions.

A Look Ahead at the 2020 US Elections: The Role of Candidate Diversity in Political Participation

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
pp. 436-441
Author(s):  
Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes ◽  
Jose R. Bucheli
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Diverse Population ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Representative Data ◽  
Look Ahead ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Hispanic Voters

An increasingly diverse population in the United States has given rise to a growing body of literature that analyzes the causes and consequences of descriptive representation. Using individual-level representative data on registration and voting for the entire United States over the 2008-2018 decade, we find that diversity in the candidate pool promotes the registration and voting of eligible-to-vote individuals, particularly those belonging to the youngest generations of voters, those located in swing states, and growing minorities, as in the case of Hispanic voters. Given the changing electorate, increasing candidate diversity might prove crucial in promoting political and electoral engagement.

Gender influences the birth order effect in HLA-identical stem cell transplantation

Blood ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 121 (23) ◽  
pp. 4809-4811 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miranda P. Dierselhuis ◽  
Eric Spierings ◽  
Ronald Brand ◽  
Matthijs Hendriks ◽  
Angelica Canossi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cell ◽  
Stem Cell Transplantation ◽  
Birth Order ◽  
Cell Transplantation ◽  
Order Effect ◽  
Birth Order Effect ◽  
Gender Influences
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