The pivotal role of education in the association between ability and social class attainment: A look across three generations

Intelligence

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-65

  Johnson, Wendy ^a,b   Brett, Caroline E ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood IQ; Education; Social class; Social mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049091474     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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