| Title |
Socioeconomic Status (SES) and Children's Intelligence (IQ): In a UK-Representative Sample SES Moderates the Environmental, Not Genetic, Effect on IQ
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0030320 |
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| Authors |
Ken B. Hanscombe, Maciej Trzaskowski, Claire M. A. Haworth, Oliver S. P. Davis, Philip S. Dale, Robert Plomin |
| Abstract |
The environment can moderate the effect of genes - a phenomenon called gene-environment (GxE) interaction. Several studies have found that socioeconomic status (SES) modifies the heritability of children's intelligence. Among low-SES families, genetic factors have been reported to explain less of the variance in intelligence; the reverse is found for high-SES families. The evidence however is inconsistent. Other studies have reported an effect in the opposite direction (higher heritability in lower SES), or no moderation of the genetic effect on intelligence. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 9 | 16% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 11% |
| Belgium | 2 | 4% |
| Norway | 2 | 4% |
| Spain | 2 | 4% |
| Mexico | 1 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| El Salvador | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 2 | 4% |
| Unknown | 28 | 51% |
Demographic breakdown
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| Members of the public | 45 | 82% |
| Scientists | 5 | 9% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 4% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 4% |
| Unknown | 1 | 2% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 6 | 2% |
| United States | 4 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| China | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 361 | 96% |
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| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 61 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 56 | 15% |
| Researcher | 52 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 46 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 28 | 7% |
| Other | 65 | 17% |
| Unknown | 69 | 18% |
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|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 128 | 34% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 36 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 28 | 7% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 5% |
| Neuroscience | 18 | 5% |
| Other | 58 | 15% |
| Unknown | 90 | 24% |