Research conducted by Goldsmiths, University of London, has found that socio-economic status has a notable effect on a child’s IQ level and is likely to futher increase over time.
Two-year-olds from a deprived background were found to have, on average, an IQ score six points lower than children from high SES families. This difference nearly tripled by the time they reached 16 years of age.
The study, which was published in the psychology journal Intelligence, examined data from 14,853 children and their parents as part of the Twins Early Development Study (TEDS). Children were assessed nine times between the ages of two and 16.
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