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© British Association of Social Workers

Developmental Correlates of Family Size

A Report from the National Child Development Study*

K. R. FOGELMAN

Ken Fogelman studied Psychology and Philosophy at Keele University. After a period as a secondary teacher he joined the National Foundation for Educational Research where he did research first in the areas of mathematics teaching and cognitive development and secondly in university selection methods. He is now with the National Children's Bureau as Senior Research Officer to the National Child Development Study. His publications include: Piagetian Tests for the Primary School (NFER 1970) and Leaving the Sixth Form (NFER, 1972)

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This paper presents findings from tbe National Child Development Study which examine the relationship between size of family and school attainment, adjustment and height at the age of eleven. This relationship is shown to be a strong one, and alternative explanations for its existence are considered


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