Childhood IQ and survival to 79: Follow-up of 94% of the Scottish Mental Survey 1947

Iva Čukić, Caroline E. Brett, Catherine M. Calvin, G. David Batty and Ian J. Deary

Intelligence, 2017, vol. 63, issue C, 45-50

Abstract: To extend previous literature that suggests higher IQ in youth is associated with living longer. Previous studies have been unable to assess reliably whether the effect differs across sexes and ages of death, and whether the effect is graded across different levels of IQ.

Keywords: Childhood intelligence; IQ; All-cause mortality; SMS1947; Sex differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2017.05.002

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