Social status, cognitive ability, and educational attainment as predictors of liberal social attitudes and political trust

Intelligence

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 144-150

  Schoon, Ingrid ^a   Cheng, Helen ^a   Gale, Catharine R ^b,c   Batty, G David ^c,d   Deary, Ian J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Gender; Intelligence; Liberal social attitudes; Political trust; Social status

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049098531     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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