Young adult intelligence and education are correlated with socioeconomic status in midlife

Educational attainment and intelligence, and to a smaller extent parental education and father’s occupational class, are associated with midlife socioeconomic status, according to a new study published September 10, 2025 in the journal PLOS One by Erik Lykke Mortensen of University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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