Twitter Facebook Email Having older sisters can be a benefit, according to a study of people born between 1750 and 1870. Credit: Getty Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Having older siblings affects a childs chance of survival but the precise effect depends on the older siblings sex and age1.
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Will a child survive? Older siblings have a powerful influence
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