ABSTRACT
Our object here is to review a few investigations carried out in the UK which are: (a) fairly recent; (b) large-scale; (c) very thoroughly conducted, and which (d) attempt to bring out the influence of several contributory factors, not merely to report overall correlations between parental job level, or family size, etc. and abilities. A valuable study was made by E. Fraser of a representative sample of 408 12-year-olds in Aberdeen secondary schools, where a large amount of home data was collected by interview and correlated with IQ and a measure of school progress. The main figures are shown in Table 3. Correlations of background factors with intelligence and achievement of school children (E. Fraser) https://www.niso.org/standards/z39-96/ns/oasis-exchange/table">
IQ
Achievement
Parents' education rating
·423
·490
General book reading in home
·280
·329
Newspaper and magazine reading
·381
·398
Income
·350
·444
(Small) Family Size
·404
·458
Living Space
·363
·447
Occupation (not correlated but significant at 001 level)
Abnormal or broken home environment (not correlated but significant at 01 level)
Parents' educational and vocational aspirations
·297
·391
Parental encouragement
·604
·660
General family atmosphere
·393
·460
Mother at work
N.S.
N.S.
rm
·687
·752
