Generalized trust and intelligence in the United States

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Carl, Noah ^a   Billari, Francesco C ^a  

^a NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPPINESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROBABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84897538290     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091786     Document Type: Article

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