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RELATIONSHIP OF FERTILITY WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EDUCATION IN TAIWAN: A BRIEF REPORT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2012

HSIN-YI CHEN ,
YUNG-HUA CHEN ,
YUNG-KUN LIAO  and
HSIN-PING CHEN
HSIN-YI CHEN
Affiliation:
Department of Special Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
YUNG-HUA CHEN
Affiliation:
Chinese Behavioral Science Corporation, Taiwan, Republic of China
YUNG-KUN LIAO
Affiliation:
Department of Special Education, National Dong-Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan, Republic of China
HSIN-PING CHEN
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Summary

This study estimates the effect of dysgenic trends in Taiwan by exploring the relationships among intelligence, education and fertility. Based on a representative adult sample, education and intelligence were negatively correlated with the number of children born. These correlations were stronger for females. The decline of genotypic intelligence was estimated as 0.82 to 1.33 IQ points per generation for the Taiwanese population.

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Short Report
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 45 , Issue 4 , July 2013 , pp. 567 - 571
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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