Social Mobility and Psychometric Variation in a Group of Oxfordshire Villages

Gibson, J. B.; Harrison, G. A.; Hiorns, R. W.; Macbeth, Helen

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“…In general social mobility studies show that upwardly socially mobile individuals are, on average, taller and heavier than the non-socially mobile, while the downwardly socially mobile are, on average, shorter (Mascie-Taylor, 1984;Cernerud, 1995;Bielicki & Szklarska, 2000;Hart et al, 2008). A similar finding has been reported for IQ and educational attainment (Gibson & Mascie-Taylor, 1973;Mascie-Taylor & Gibson, 1978;Gibson et al, 1983;Deary et al, 2005;Johnson et al, 2010).…”

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Intra- And Intergenerational Social Mobility in Relation to Height, Weight and Body Mass Index in a British National Cohort

Krzyzanowska

Mascie-Taylor

2011

J. Biosoc. Sci.

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Using a sample of 2090 father and son pairs, the extent of intra- and inter-generational social mobility (migration between social classes) was examined over a 42-year period in a British cohort in relation to height, weight and body mass index (BMI). The mean height difference between the highest and lowest social class decreased from about 4 cm in the fathers' generation to about 3 cm in the sons' generation, indicating a decline in heterogeneity in height between classes. For fathers downward intra-generational social mobility ranged between 11% and 18% while between 16% and 26% were upwardly mobile; for sons 15% were downwardly mobile and 21% upwardly mobile. On average downwardly mobile fathers were shorter by between 0.1 cm and 0.7 cm while upwardly mobile fathers were taller by, on average, 0.6 cm to 1.7 cm. For sons, the downwardly mobile were on average 0.7 cm shorter and the upwardly mobile 0.8 cm taller. For weight and BMI there were no consistent relationships with intra-generational mobility in either the fathers' or sons' generations. Inter-generationally, between 18% and 19% of sons were downwardly mobile and between 39% and 40% were upwardly mobile; the downwardly mobile were shorter by about 0.9 cm and the upwardly taller by between 0.6 cm and 1.2 cm. Sons with higher BMI were more likely to be inter-generationally downwardly mobile.

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Intra- And Intergenerational Social Mobility in Relation to Height, Weight and Body Mass Index in a British National Cohort

Krzyzanowska

Mascie-Taylor

2011

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“…Social mobility accounts to a large degree for the association between socialbiological and sociological differentiation. Upwardly mobile individuals are, on average, more intelligent, of greater body height and of lower body weight and muscular structure compared with those who move down the social hierarchy and, to a lesser extent, compared with the socially sedentary (Cliquet, 1968;Waller, 1971;Gibson & Mascie-Taylor, 1973;Gibson et al, 1983). Ultimately, non-random social mobility finds its origin in the genetic variance underlying phenotypic variance.…”

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Cognitive Ability and Occupational Status in a British Cohort

Thienpont

Verleye

2004

J. Biosoc. Sci.

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The relation between individual trait differences, social mobility and social structure is central to social biology. Because genetic variance underlies phenotypic variance in some of these traits, for example IQ, several mechanisms determine the population variance. Polygenic inheritance is the basic mechanism. Social mobility and assortative partner choice distribute the trait variance within generations. This feedback circle is constrained by sociological conditions at several levels of analysis. Fundamental to this theory of social assortment is the relation between social–biological traits and social class on the one hand, and these traits and social mobility on the other hand. The focus here is on the relation between social class, social mobility and cognitive ability. The National Child Development Study is drawn upon, including the last follow-up (1999–2000). By approaching this relationship through various methods, both social–biological and sociological aspects of this research question can be assessed.

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“…For the Otmoor population a clear relationship between the variables derived from occupation and the IQ total scores has already been demonstrated (Harrison et al, 1974;Gibson et al, 1983). On this sample, the relationship was reconsidered and the pattern of descending scores for the socioeconomic categories was again deemed (Macbeth, 1985) to be sufficient to use the two numerical scales, mentioned above, to represent these categories.…”

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Geographical mobility and IQ components

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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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Social Mobility and Psychometric Variation in a Group of Oxfordshire Villages

Cited by 9 publications

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Intra- And Intergenerational Social Mobility in Relation to Height, Weight and Body Mass Index in a British National Cohort

Intra- And Intergenerational Social Mobility in Relation to Height, Weight and Body Mass Index in a British National Cohort

Cognitive Ability and Occupational Status in a British Cohort

Geographical mobility and IQ components

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