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Direct linkLynn, Richard; Van Court, Marian – Intelligence, 2004
Data from the General Social Survey (GSS) collected in the years 1990-1996 are examined for the relationship between fertility and intelligence as measured by vocabulary. The results show that the relation between fertility and intelligence has been consistently negative for successive birth cohorts from to 1900 to 1979, indicating the presence of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Skills, Cohort Analysis, Birth Rate, Correlation
Peer reviewedAlwin, Duane F. – American Sociological Review, 1991
Data from nine representative U.S. population samples in the General Social Survey data file for 1974 through 1990 confirm systematic declines in verbal scores for cohorts born after World War II, with the trend beginning earlier. The importance of social change must be acknowledged in trend analysis. (SLD)
Descriptors: Blacks, Cohort Analysis, Cross Sectional Studies, Educational Trends
