The influence of childhood IQ and education on social mobility in the Newcastle Thousand Families birth cohort

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Forrest, Lynne F ^a   Hodgson, Susan ^a   Parker, Louise ^b   Pearce, Mark S ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

childhood IQ; education; social class; social mobility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MOBILITY;

EID: 82055181623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-895     Document Type: Article

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