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

  • G. David Batty
  • Helen Cheng
  • J. I. Deary
  • Catharine R Gale
  • Ingrid Schoon

Published on 1 January 2010

We examined the prospective associations between family socio-economic background, childhood intelligence (g) at age 11, educational and occupational attainment, and social attitudes at age 33 in a large (N=8804), representative sample of the British population born in 1958.

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We examined the prospective associations between family socio-economic background, childhood intelligence (g) at age 11, educational and occupational attainment, and social attitudes at age 33 in a large (N=8804), representative sample of the British population born in 1958.

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G. David Batty

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Helen Cheng

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Catharine R Gale

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J. I. Deary

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Batty, G et al. (2010). 'Social status, cognitive ability, and educational attainment as predictors of liberal social attitudes and political trust' (2010)

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