falenas108 comments on 2011 Survey Results - Less Wrong

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Comment author: falenas108 04 December 2011 09:37:54PM 1 point [-]

That poll shows a remarkable result, the number of people that are the oldest sibling outnumber those who have older siblings 2:1.

There are also twice as many only children in that survey as in the U.S. population in 1980, but that is a known effect.

Comment author: steven0461 04 December 2011 09:42:28PM *  3 points [-]

More than 3:1 even. I speculated a bit here.