Let me say it loud and clear: the presence or absence of a father makes no difference to child outcomes.
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@hbdchick@JayMan471 But this really is a trivial objection, b/c there is no convincing explanation for why siblings born further from the -
@hbdchick@JayMan471 the divorce would be more likely to inherit the genes that caused the divorce than their younger siblings. -
@Scholars_Stage@JayMan471 ...confounds by not using identical twins (and even they're not 100% identical). siblings share only 50%... -
@hbdchick@JayMan471 But that is not necessary to prove the point. So lets say we have 1,000 of these families. Each has 3 siblings @ diff -
@hbdchick@JayMan471 ages when the divorce happens. We later find out, that for a stat. sig number of these families, outcomes differ b/t -
@hbdchick@JayMan471 the siblings in way that correlates with their age during the divorce. If the diff is truly significant then we know -
@Scholars_Stage@hbdchick Here are the problems with that. First, for sufficient power, you'd need a HUGE sample, like the Swedish... -
@Scholars_Stage@hbdchick ...population studies. And then, even if you DID find a significant difference, then you have child-to-parent... - 2 more replies
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