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Comparative Study
. 1979 Jan-Feb;6(1):1-16.
doi: 10.1080/03014467900003321.

A biological survey of a Cambridge suburb: assortative marriage for IQ and personality traits

C G Mascie-Taylor, J B Gibson
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Comparative Study

A biological survey of a Cambridge suburb: assortative marriage for IQ and personality traits

C G Mascie-Taylor et al. Ann Hum Biol. 1979 Jan-Feb.
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Abstract

An account is given of a study, carried out in a Cambridge suburb, which measured the similarity in IQ and some personality traits between spouses. In both sexes mean IQ scores tended to diminish from social class I to V. Lower IQ scores were associated with higher levels of extraversion, neuroticism and inconsistency. Assortative marriage was found for IQ components, Total IQ, extraversion-introversion and inconsistency scores. Both geographical and social stratification were shown to affect the degree of assortative marriage.

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