The social ecology of intelligence on a Caribbean Island

Mankind Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 395-433

  Meisenberg, Gerhard ^a   Lawless, Elliott ^a   Lambert, Eleonor ^a   Newton, Anne ^a  

^a ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Dominica; Education; Family structure; Fertility; Income; Intelligence; IQ; Religiosity; Reproductive behavior; Response biases; Socioeconomic status; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746870024     PISSN: 00252344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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