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Teachers' Inquiry. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.
The first study of the relationship between fertility and social mobility was undertaken by the Population Investigation Committee in 1949 to investigate R.A. Fisher's hypothesis that social promotion in our society was achieved at the expense of family size. This was a preliminary investigation undertaken jointly by the Nuffield Reseach Unit of the London School of Economics and the Committee, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour. The first report concerning this research was published in Population Studies in Mar 1952.
In 1954 a related inquiry began in order to study the relationship between fertility and social mobility in a specific profession; the teaching profession. This Inquiry into the social characteristics of the teaching profession was undertaken by the University of London Institute of Education, Nuffield Research Unit, funded by a grant from the Nuffield Foundation. The Committee took an interest in the survey questions asked with David Glass being part of the Advisory Committee of the Inquiry. Two papers by Wolf Scott were published in Population Studies in Jul 1957 and Mar 1958.
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