Childhood Cognitive Ability Predicts Adult Financial Well-Being
This study set out to investigate to what extent childhood cognitive ability, along with personality traits, education and occupational status, as well as marital status influence adult financial success. Data were drawn from a large, prospective birth cohort in the UK, the National Child Developmen...
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| description | This study set out to investigate to what extent childhood cognitive ability, along with personality traits, education and occupational status, as well as marital status influence adult financial success. Data were drawn from a large, prospective birth cohort in the UK, the National Child Development Study (NCDS). The analytic sample was comprised of 4537 cohort members with data on parental social class (at birth), cognitive ability (at age 11), educational qualifications (at age 33), personality traits (at age 50), current marital status and occupational prestige, and salary/wage earning level (all measured at age 54). Correlational results showed that parental social class, childhood cognitive ability, traits extraversion, emotional stability, conscientiousness, and openness, being married positively, being divorced or separated negatively, education and occupation as well as gender were all significantly associated with adult earning ability (p < 0.05 to p < 0.001). Effect sizes for the relationship between intelligence and income was moderate. Results of a multiple regression analysis showed that childhood cognitive ability, traits conscientiousness and openness, educational qualifications and occupational prestige were significant and independent predictors of adult earning ability accounting for 30% of the total variance. There was also a gender effect on the outcome variable. Numerous limitations are noted. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9198a087ac6648b790d990e929d6a2602022-12-22T03:07:17ZengMDPI AGJournal of Intelligence2079-32002016-12-0151310.3390/jintelligence5010003jintelligence5010003Childhood Cognitive Ability Predicts Adult Financial Well-BeingAdrian Furnham0Helen Cheng1Department of Psychology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UKDepartment of Psychology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UKThis study set out to investigate to what extent childhood cognitive ability, along with personality traits, education and occupational status, as well as marital status influence adult financial success. Data were drawn from a large, prospective birth cohort in the UK, the National Child Development Study (NCDS). The analytic sample was comprised of 4537 cohort members with data on parental social class (at birth), cognitive ability (at age 11), educational qualifications (at age 33), personality traits (at age 50), current marital status and occupational prestige, and salary/wage earning level (all measured at age 54). Correlational results showed that parental social class, childhood cognitive ability, traits extraversion, emotional stability, conscientiousness, and openness, being married positively, being divorced or separated negatively, education and occupation as well as gender were all significantly associated with adult earning ability (p < 0.05 to p < 0.001). Effect sizes for the relationship between intelligence and income was moderate. Results of a multiple regression analysis showed that childhood cognitive ability, traits conscientiousness and openness, educational qualifications and occupational prestige were significant and independent predictors of adult earning ability accounting for 30% of the total variance. There was also a gender effect on the outcome variable. Numerous limitations are noted.http://www.mdpi.com/2079-3200/5/1/3earning abilitychildhood cognitive abilityeducational qualificationsoccupational prestigepersonality traitslongitudinal |
| spellingShingle | Adrian Furnham Helen Cheng Childhood Cognitive Ability Predicts Adult Financial Well-Being Journal of Intelligence earning ability childhood cognitive ability educational qualifications occupational prestige personality traits longitudinal |
| title | Childhood Cognitive Ability Predicts Adult Financial Well-Being |
| title_full | Childhood Cognitive Ability Predicts Adult Financial Well-Being |
| title_fullStr | Childhood Cognitive Ability Predicts Adult Financial Well-Being |
| title_full_unstemmed | Childhood Cognitive Ability Predicts Adult Financial Well-Being |
| title_short | Childhood Cognitive Ability Predicts Adult Financial Well-Being |
| title_sort | childhood cognitive ability predicts adult financial well being |
| topic | earning ability childhood cognitive ability educational qualifications occupational prestige personality traits longitudinal |
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