Ethnic and racial differences on the Standard Progressive Matrices in Mexico

J Biosoc Sci. 2005 Jan;37(1):107-13. doi: 10.1017/s0021932003006497.

Abstract

Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices test was administered to a representative sample of 920 white, Mestizo and Native Mexican Indian children aged 7-10 years in Mexico. The mean IQs in relation to a British mean of 100 obtained from the 1979 British standardization sample and adjusted for the estimated subsequent increase were: 98.0 for whites, 94.3 for Mestizos and 83.3 for Native Mexican Indians.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Achievement*
  • Child
  • Cross-Cultural Comparison
  • Culture
  • Ethnicity / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Intelligence*
  • Mexico
  • Racial Groups / ethnology*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires*