Childhood intelligence,locus of control and behaviour disturbance as determinants of intergenerational social mobility: British Cohort Study 1970 |
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| Authors: | Sophie von Stumm Catharine R. Gale G. David Batty Ian J. Deary |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Medical Research Council Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK;2. Medical Research Council Epidemiology Resource Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK;3. Medical Research Council Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK;1. Institute of Education and Society, University of Luxembourg, Route de Diekirch, BP2, L-7220 Walferdange, Luxembourg;2. Institute of Sociology, University of Bern, Fabrikstrasse 8, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland;3. Social Research and Methodology Group, University of Basel, Petersgraben 9/11, CH-4051 Basel, Switzerland;1. Department of Social Policy and Intervention and Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Barnett House, 32 Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2ER, UK;2. Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, Barnett House, 32, Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2ER, UK;3. Department of Social Policy and Intervention and Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Nuffield College, New Road, Oxford, OX1 1NF, UK |
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| Abstract: | Determinants of intergenerational social mobility were examined in 8287 men from the British Cohort Study 1970. Confirming previous research, parental social class, childhood intelligence, and educational qualifications were the strongest predictors of occupational social class at the age of 30. Locus of control and childhood behaviour disturbance had independent significant effects and accounted for additional amounts of variance. Self-esteem had only a trivial influence on social mobility. Structural equation modelling using full information maximum likelihood estimation demonstrated that: educational qualifications mediated other predictors' effects, accounting for the greatest amount of variance in people's own social status attainment; there was a substantial overlap of childhood behavioural disturbance, intelligence, and locus of control; there were effects of parental social class on own occupational social class attainment. Intergenerational social mobility is determined by a nexus of inter-correlated variables whose independent effects remain difficult to disentangle. |
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