birth order

collocation in English

meanings of birthand order

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birth
noun
uk /bɜːθ/ us /bɝːθ/
the time when a baby or young animal comes out of its ...
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order
noun
uk /ˈɔː.dər/ us /ˈɔːr.dɚ/
a request to make, supply, or deliver food ...
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Examples of birth order

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Resolving the debate over birthorder, family size, and intelligence.
The increased length of interval is mainly due to the later birthorder of twins-we have already remarked on the increase in intervals with birthorder.
A related issue not readily apparent from the analyses in the tables is birthorder.
Some of the earliest studies involving birthorder effects dealt with intellectual abilities.
For all of these there were similar significant differences based on birthorder.
The analyses provide control for the possible confounding effects of race and birthorder.
There is no variation by season or year of birth, birthorder or region of domicile.
It is certainly difficult to visualize any genetic correlation with birthorder.
The association always appears to be weaker when it is linked with the first birthorder.
Total birthorder was used regardless of whether the 1968 birth was live or still.
The logic of the plan requires consideration of postulated birthorder effects.
The higher the birthorder the longer the birth interval seems to be.
In 1962, 38% of the total births were of birthorder 5 and over.
Origin-group differences in mean birth weight were adjusted for birthorder by the direct method.
The association between birthorder and marriage patterns appears to have been neglected in previous research.
Table 2 compares general and verbal abilities, taking into account family size and birthorder.
The relationship between infant mortality, birthorder and maternal age was constant in each social class.
Such maternal age and birthorder effects are usually interpreted as due to environmental influences.
Studies in the fields of birthorder and language are plagued with methodological shortcomings.
Specifically, this emigration cycle involved siblings leaving home following, if possible, the birthorder.
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