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Geographical mobility and IQ components

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

H. M. Macbeth,
G. A. Harrison and
J. B. Gibson
H. M. Macbeth
Affiliation:
Department of Social Studies, Oxford Polytechnic
G. A. Harrison
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Anthropology, Oxford University
J. B. Gibson
Affiliation:
Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra
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Summary

In relation to two measures of the mobility involved in the migration histories of individuals now resident in the Otmoor villages of Oxfordshire, selectivity for components of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale is clearly demonstrated. However, this selectivity is reconsidered in the light of other covariates of mobility, where these also relate to IQ, for example, some measures of temporal and socioeconomic variation. When correction is made for these, the frequency of highly significant correlations is greatly reduced, suggesting that much of the selectivity operates within the associations between mobility, IQ, and the confounding temporal and socioeconomic variables. There remains, even after removal of the effects of age, class and occupation-type, a pattern of significant association between some components of verbal IQ and the measures of mobility.

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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 19 , Issue 4 , October 1987, pp. 379 - 394
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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