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Childhood math and reading skills linked to adult success
THURSDAY, MAY 09, 2013 11:21 AM

Childhood math and reading skills linked to adult success When job seekers want to know if they have what it takes to land a good job that pays a high salary, they may take a career test to gain insight into the skills they possess. For these individuals, thinking back to their early days as math and reading students may also be a good idea, as how people performed in math and reading classes can predict their future success, according to a recent study.

Stuart Ritchie and Timothy Bates, psychological scientists at the University of Edinburgh in the U.K., set out to see how people's early math and reading skills influenced their professional lives in adulthood. Based on data from more than 17,000 individuals, the effects were quite significant.

If study participants possessed higher math and reading skills at the age of 7, they were more likely to live in nicer homes, hold better jobs and earn higher salaries. In fact, going up as little as one reading level at 7 years old was associated with a $7,750 salary increase at the age of 42.


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