The Flynn Effect within subgroups in the U.S.: Gender, race, income, education, and urbanization differences in the NLSY-Children data

Intelligence

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 367-384

  Ang, SiewChing ^a   Rodgers, Joseph Lee ^a   Wänström, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Flynn Effect; National Longitudinal Survey of Youth; NLSY Children data; PIAT Math; Secular changes in intelligence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954031209     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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