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Johnson, Wendy; Brett, Caroline E.; Deary, Ian J. – Intelligence, 2010
Previous studies have established that family social background and individual mental ability and educational attainment contribute to adult social class attainment. We propose that social class of origin acts as ballast, restraining otherwise meritocratic social class movement, and that education is the primary means through which social class…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Social Class, Structural Equation Models, Educational Attainment