R W Hiorns
Biographic Data
| ID | 326005 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R W Hiorns |
| GIVEN NAMES | R W |
| FAMILY NAME | Hiorns |
| SIGNATURE | HIORNS R W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 24 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Distinctive features of age-specific fertility profiles in the English-speaking world
The paper seeks to identify common features in the fertility patterns of the English-speaking world and provide a model basis for comparison of fertility between countries and over time. Attention is focused on the heterogeneity within the fertility patterns of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States, similar to that reported earlier for the UK and the Irish Republic. The recent age-specific fertility patterns of these countries dis…
A reply to J. Antonio Ortega Osona and H-P Kohler
"A reply to J. Antonio Ortega Osona and H-P Kohler." Population Studies, 54(3), p. 351
Recent European fertility patterns
Recent patterns of fertility in Europe show marked differences between countries. Recent United Kingdom and Irish fertility curves show 'distortions' in terms of a 'bulge' in early age fertility, distinct from the smoother curves of other European countries. These patterns may not be adequately described by mathematical functions used by previous studies to model fertility curves. A mixture model with two component distributions may be more appro…
Husband–wife similarities in different components of the Wais IQ test
Examination of 150 husband–wife pairs from the Otmoor villages of Oxfordshire for levels of similarity in their performance of seven subtests of the WAIS IQ test showed significant positive correlation in five subtests but not in digit span or digit symbol. In no test was there any relation between level of spouse similarity and length of marriage. Scores were varyingly associated with several factors known to be related to total IQ, such as soci…
Migration and the structure of the Otmoor villages
Patterns of variation in I.Q., personality and stature are examined in the Otmoor region of Oxfordshire according to village of residence and whether people were born locally or not. It is shown that the locally born do not vary by village in I.Q., but that immigrants do and this is not solely due to social-class associations. Immigrants also have substantially higher I.Qs than those born locally. The findings are discussed in terms of the select…
Social Mobility and Psychometric Variation in a Group of Oxfordshire Villages
The patterns of male social mobility among the contemporary populations of Otmoor are described in terms of both intra- and inter-generational mobility. The social classes are differentiated by IQ and it is shown that sons' IQ is more highly correlated with their class, after their social mobility than before it. In 85 father-son pairs the number of steps sons moved in the social scale is positively related to the magnitude of the difference betw…
Genetic assimilation in ethnic minorities
Broadly, genetic assimilation may be taken to mean the process by which groups acquire similar genes to one another. In the case of ethnic minorities, this usually involves a minority group and the surrounding majority population. Our knowledge of the genetics of human populations is imperfect and we may declare that only a small fraction of the total set of genes we possess may be identified. These genes may be divided into three subsets: (1) ge…
Demographic Patterns in Developed Societies
A note on familial relations in IQ
Parent-child correlations for IQ components in a small sample of Oxfordshire families were lower, particularly for performance IQ, in children over 18 years of age than in younger children
Demographic patterns in developed societies
Sleep patterns and life style in Oxfordshire villages
Patterns of sleep are described among the adult inhabitants of a group of Oxfordshire villages as ascertained through a sleep questionnaire. Sleep duration during the main sleep period on working days, and perceived sleep quality, are then analysed in terms of associations with aspects of life style. In both men and women some 20 out of 50 responses to life style questions show significant associations with sleep duration but most of these associ…
Association between smoking and drinking and sleep duration
In a study of lifestyles and health of the adult population of some Oxfordshire villages, data were collected upon the usual sleep duration and quality, smoking and drinking habits of 725 men and 759 women. A strong negative association has been found between cigarette smoking and sleep duration on both sexes, and between alcohol consumption and sleep duration in men. There is no equivalent association between drinking or smoking and reported poo…
Demographic Patterns in Developed Societies
Genetic variation in some Oxfordshire villages
The oxidation state of Cu nanoparticles during CO oxidation in CO + O 2 gas mixtures was sensitively monitored via localized surface plasmon resonances. A microreactor, equipped with in situ UV-vis and mass spectrometry, was developed and used for the measurements. Cu nanoparticles of ∼30 nm average diameter were supported on optically transparent, planar quartz wafers. The aim of the study is 2-fold: (i) to demonstrate the performance and useful…
The Combined Effects of Selection and Migration in Human Evolution
Assortative marriage for psychometric, personality and anthropometric variation in a group of Oxfordshire villages
A study has been made in a group of rural Oxfordshire villages of levels of similarity between husbands and wives for IQ, personality and some anthropometric characteristics. Significant levels of assortative marriage have been found in both verbal and performance IQ, personality ‘inconsistency’, stature, weight and some other bodily dimensions. Their nature has been analysed by time of marriage, birthplace and social class, all of which appear t…
A note on marital distances and movement, and age at marriage, in a group of Oxfordshire villages
An account is given of the patterns of pre-marital, marital, and post-marital movement and age of marriage according to social class among the present inhabitants of a group of Oxfordshire villages.
Hand preference and I.Q. in a group of Oxfordshire villages
Verbal and performance scores in a standard intelligence test (WAIS) were considered in relation to patterns of hand preference (measured by questionnaire) in a large sample of the general population. Left-handers and mixed-handers did not obtain lower scores than right-handers. Indeed, there was a tendency for subjects who reported that they could use either hand for at least one of the questionnaire tasks to obtain higher I.Q.s. Otherwise, ther…
Psychometric, personality and anthropometric variation in a group of Oxfordshire villages
An account is given of a survey of psychometric, personality and anthropometric variation among adults resident in nine villages in the Otmoor region of Oxfordshire. Using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, I.Q. variation was found between the sexes, social/occupational groups and the villages. Measures of extraversion and consistency obtained from the Eysenck Personality Inventory differentiated the social classes, and neuroticism the sexes.…
Social class and marital distance in Oxford City
A study has been made of social class distributions and their effects on marital movement in the city of Oxford from 1837 to the present day. The data have been obtained from the marriage registers of nine ecclesiastical parishes which transect the city. There is marked social class heterogeneity according to district, but when the data are combined some striking relationships between occupation and the distributions of marital distance emerge. I…
Social mobility, assortative marriage and their interrelationships with marital distance and age in Oxford City
Exchanges between the social classes by social mobility and marriage in Oxford in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the relation between this social movement and geographical marital distance and marital age are analysed. The data were obtained from the marriage registers of nine contiguous ecclesiastical parishes which transect the city. There have been wide channels for social flow enabling rapid development of relatedness and genetic similarity…
Coefficients of Biological Distance
Social class and marriage patterns in some Oxfordshire populations
A study has been made from parish records of the patterns of marital movement from 1837 to the present day in the Otmoor region of Oxfordshire. The social classes of brides and grooms have been taken into account. It is shown that the spatial mobility of the different classes is markedly different, and in the earlier part of the period this difference is evident even on a very local scale. Social class distributions themselves vary according to p…
Social Class Relatedness in Some Oxfordshire Parishes
Based on data obtained from the marriage registers of seven Oxfordshire parishes in the Otmoor region, an analysis has been made of the effects of social mobility and marriage exchanges on the relatedness of the five social classes which are recognized by the Registrar General. From a starting position in which it is assumed that there was no relatedness between the classes, it is calculated that under the average social mobility patterns which h…
Recent European fertility patterns
Recent patterns of fertility in Europe show marked differences between countries. Recent United Kingdom and Irish fertility curves show 'distortions' in terms of a 'bulge' in early age fertility, distinct from the smoother curves of other European countries. These patterns may not be adequately described by mathematical functions used by previous studies to model fertility curves. A mixture model with two component distributions may be more appro…
Distinctive features of age-specific fertility profiles in the English-speaking world
The paper seeks to identify common features in the fertility patterns of the English-speaking world and provide a model basis for comparison of fertility between countries and over time. Attention is focused on the heterogeneity within the fertility patterns of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States, similar to that reported earlier for the UK and the Irish Republic. The recent age-specific fertility patterns of these countries dis…
The Combined Effects of Selection and Migration in Human Evolution
Coefficients of Biological Distance
A reply to J. Antonio Ortega Osona and H-P Kohler
"A reply to J. Antonio Ortega Osona and H-P Kohler." Population Studies, 54(3), p. 351
Social Class Relatedness in Some Oxfordshire Parishes
Based on data obtained from the marriage registers of seven Oxfordshire parishes in the Otmoor region, an analysis has been made of the effects of social mobility and marriage exchanges on the relatedness of the five social classes which are recognized by the Registrar General. From a starting position in which it is assumed that there was no relatedness between the classes, it is calculated that under the average social mobility patterns which h…
Social class and marriage patterns in some Oxfordshire populations
A study has been made from parish records of the patterns of marital movement from 1837 to the present day in the Otmoor region of Oxfordshire. The social classes of brides and grooms have been taken into account. It is shown that the spatial mobility of the different classes is markedly different, and in the earlier part of the period this difference is evident even on a very local scale. Social class distributions themselves vary according to p…
Coefficients of Biological Distance
Psychometric, personality and anthropometric variation in a group of Oxfordshire villages
An account is given of a survey of psychometric, personality and anthropometric variation among adults resident in nine villages in the Otmoor region of Oxfordshire. Using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, I.Q. variation was found between the sexes, social/occupational groups and the villages. Measures of extraversion and consistency obtained from the Eysenck Personality Inventory differentiated the social classes, and neuroticism the sexes.…
Social class and marital distance in Oxford City
A study has been made of social class distributions and their effects on marital movement in the city of Oxford from 1837 to the present day. The data have been obtained from the marriage registers of nine ecclesiastical parishes which transect the city. There is marked social class heterogeneity according to district, but when the data are combined some striking relationships between occupation and the distributions of marital distance emerge. I…
Social mobility, assortative marriage and their interrelationships with marital distance and age in Oxford City
Exchanges between the social classes by social mobility and marriage in Oxford in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the relation between this social movement and geographical marital distance and marital age are analysed. The data were obtained from the marriage registers of nine contiguous ecclesiastical parishes which transect the city. There have been wide channels for social flow enabling rapid development of relatedness and genetic similarity…
Hand preference and I.Q. in a group of Oxfordshire villages
Verbal and performance scores in a standard intelligence test (WAIS) were considered in relation to patterns of hand preference (measured by questionnaire) in a large sample of the general population. Left-handers and mixed-handers did not obtain lower scores than right-handers. Indeed, there was a tendency for subjects who reported that they could use either hand for at least one of the questionnaire tasks to obtain higher I.Q.s. Otherwise, ther…
Assortative marriage for psychometric, personality and anthropometric variation in a group of Oxfordshire villages
A study has been made in a group of rural Oxfordshire villages of levels of similarity between husbands and wives for IQ, personality and some anthropometric characteristics. Significant levels of assortative marriage have been found in both verbal and performance IQ, personality ‘inconsistency’, stature, weight and some other bodily dimensions. Their nature has been analysed by time of marriage, birthplace and social class, all of which appear t…
A note on marital distances and movement, and age at marriage, in a group of Oxfordshire villages
An account is given of the patterns of pre-marital, marital, and post-marital movement and age of marriage according to social class among the present inhabitants of a group of Oxfordshire villages.
Genetic variation in some Oxfordshire villages
The oxidation state of Cu nanoparticles during CO oxidation in CO + O 2 gas mixtures was sensitively monitored via localized surface plasmon resonances. A microreactor, equipped with in situ UV-vis and mass spectrometry, was developed and used for the measurements. Cu nanoparticles of ∼30 nm average diameter were supported on optically transparent, planar quartz wafers. The aim of the study is 2-fold: (i) to demonstrate the performance and useful…
The Combined Effects of Selection and Migration in Human Evolution
Demographic patterns in developed societies
Sleep patterns and life style in Oxfordshire villages
Patterns of sleep are described among the adult inhabitants of a group of Oxfordshire villages as ascertained through a sleep questionnaire. Sleep duration during the main sleep period on working days, and perceived sleep quality, are then analysed in terms of associations with aspects of life style. In both men and women some 20 out of 50 responses to life style questions show significant associations with sleep duration but most of these associ…
Association between smoking and drinking and sleep duration
In a study of lifestyles and health of the adult population of some Oxfordshire villages, data were collected upon the usual sleep duration and quality, smoking and drinking habits of 725 men and 759 women. A strong negative association has been found between cigarette smoking and sleep duration on both sexes, and between alcohol consumption and sleep duration in men. There is no equivalent association between drinking or smoking and reported poo…
Demographic Patterns in Developed Societies
A note on familial relations in IQ
Parent-child correlations for IQ components in a small sample of Oxfordshire families were lower, particularly for performance IQ, in children over 18 years of age than in younger children
Social Mobility and Psychometric Variation in a Group of Oxfordshire Villages
The patterns of male social mobility among the contemporary populations of Otmoor are described in terms of both intra- and inter-generational mobility. The social classes are differentiated by IQ and it is shown that sons' IQ is more highly correlated with their class, after their social mobility than before it. In 85 father-son pairs the number of steps sons moved in the social scale is positively related to the magnitude of the difference betw…
Genetic assimilation in ethnic minorities
Broadly, genetic assimilation may be taken to mean the process by which groups acquire similar genes to one another. In the case of ethnic minorities, this usually involves a minority group and the surrounding majority population. Our knowledge of the genetics of human populations is imperfect and we may declare that only a small fraction of the total set of genes we possess may be identified. These genes may be divided into three subsets: (1) ge…
Demographic Patterns in Developed Societies
Migration and the structure of the Otmoor villages
Patterns of variation in I.Q., personality and stature are examined in the Otmoor region of Oxfordshire according to village of residence and whether people were born locally or not. It is shown that the locally born do not vary by village in I.Q., but that immigrants do and this is not solely due to social-class associations. Immigrants also have substantially higher I.Qs than those born locally. The findings are discussed in terms of the select…
Husband–wife similarities in different components of the Wais IQ test
Examination of 150 husband–wife pairs from the Otmoor villages of Oxfordshire for levels of similarity in their performance of seven subtests of the WAIS IQ test showed significant positive correlation in five subtests but not in digit span or digit symbol. In no test was there any relation between level of spouse similarity and length of marriage. Scores were varyingly associated with several factors known to be related to total IQ, such as soci…
Recent European fertility patterns
Recent patterns of fertility in Europe show marked differences between countries. Recent United Kingdom and Irish fertility curves show 'distortions' in terms of a 'bulge' in early age fertility, distinct from the smoother curves of other European countries. These patterns may not be adequately described by mathematical functions used by previous studies to model fertility curves. A mixture model with two component distributions may be more appro…
A reply to J. Antonio Ortega Osona and H-P Kohler
"A reply to J. Antonio Ortega Osona and H-P Kohler." Population Studies, 54(3), p. 351
Distinctive features of age-specific fertility profiles in the English-speaking world
The paper seeks to identify common features in the fertility patterns of the English-speaking world and provide a model basis for comparison of fertility between countries and over time. Attention is focused on the heterogeneity within the fertility patterns of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States, similar to that reported earlier for the UK and the Irish Republic. The recent age-specific fertility patterns of these countries dis…
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