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Updated IQ and Well-Being Scores for the 50 U.S. States
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Abstract At the level of the 50 U.S. states, an interconnected nexus of well-being variables exists. These variables strongly correlate with estimates of state IQ in interesting ways. However, the state IQ estimates are now more than 16 years old, and the state well-being estimates are over 12 years old. Upd... view more
At the level of the 50 U.S. states, an interconnected nexus of well-being variables exists. These variables strongly correlate with estimates of state IQ in interesting ways. However, the state IQ estimates are now more than 16 years old, and the state well-being estimates are over 12 years old. Updated state IQ and well-being estimates are therefore needed. Thus, I first created new state IQ estimates by analyzing scores from both the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competency (for adults), and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (for fourth and eighth grade children) exams. I also created new global well-being scores by analyzing state variables from the following four well-being subdomains: crime, income, health, and education. When validating the nexus, several interesting correlations existed among the variables. For example, state IQ most strongly predicted FICO credit scores, alcohol consumption (directly), income inequality, and state temperature. Interestingly, state IQ derived here also correlated 0.58 with state IQ estimates from over 100 years ago. Global well-being likewise correlated with many old and new variables in the nexus, including a correlation of 0.80 with IQ. In sum, at the level of the U.S. state, a nexus of important, strongly correlated variables exists. These variables comprise well-being, and state IQ is a central node in this network.... view less
Keywords
intelligence quotient; intelligence; United States of America; well-being; federal state; estimation
Classification
Personality Psychology
Macrosociology, Analysis of Whole Societies
Free Keywords
state IQ; aggregate IQ; well-being; g nexus; PIAAC; NAEP
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 1-11
Journal
Journal of Intelligence, 10 (2022) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence10010015
ISSN
2079-3200
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed