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September 20, 2025Social ForcesOpen Access

Parental education and children’s cognitive development: a prospective approach

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MKMarkus KleinMKMichael Kühhirt

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Prospective analysis reveals how parental education affects cognitive outcomes in children, indicating intergenerational influences.

Key Points

  • Increased parental education is correlated with improved cognitive outcomes in children, indicating a significant influence.
  • Analysis of 1,042 first-born children showed that selection bias notably affects the estimated educational impact.
  • Using data from the British Cohort Study, statistical methods corrected for biases and confounding factors were applied.
  • Findings highlight the necessity of addressing genetic and environmental factors in understanding educational effects.

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Klein et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d469ba31b076d99fa6618dhttps://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soaf146
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