FAMILY MORE IMPORTANT THAN HOUSING IN CHILDREN'S COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

[摘要] In Warsaw, Poland, a city destroyed at the end of World War II, housing and schools were rebuilt and assigned without regard to social class. In 1974, 96% of the children born eleven years earlier, were tested for cognitive ability and correlations made between parental occupation and education and with the school and distance of the home from the city. Results showed that parental occupation and education were much more strongly correlated with cognitive development than type of school or district in which the family lived. The authors conclude that equalization of living conditions and schooling over a generation have "failed to override forces that determine the social class distribution of mental performance among children."

[学科分类] 儿科学