Childhood IQ and marriage by mid-life: The Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspan studies

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1621-1630

  Taylor, Michelle D ^a   Hart, Carole L ^b   Smith, George Davey ^c   Whalley, Lawrence J ^d   Hole, David J ^b   Wilson, Valerie ^e   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e Scottish Council for Research in Education   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood IQ; Cohort; Height; Marital status; Scotland; Sex; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 15344350412     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.09.021     Document Type: Article

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