Ability, opportunity and social status

ABSTRACT IN a paper entitled “Ability and Educational Opportunity in Relation to Parental Occupation”, which appears in the Sociological Review (27, No. 3, July 1935), J. L. Gray and Pearl

Moshinsky bring forward evidence to show that the children of the less prosperous social classes lack the opportunity for higher education available to the equally able children of the

financially prosperous classes. The investigation on which the evidence is based was carried out on nearly 9,000 children, between the ages of 9 years and 12 years 6 months, drawn from

primary, post-primary (including central), grant-aided secondary, private, and preparatory schools in the London area, during the year 1933-34. Individual ability was assessed by the Otis

Advanced Group Intelligence Test (Form A), and each child was questioned individually regarding parental occupation. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of

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