We next tested associations between age, social class measures, and
class mobility estimates. See Table 2 for correlational analyses examining
associations with general (below the diagonal) and self-relevant (above
the diagonal) estimates of class mobility. Correlations reveal similar patterns
as observed in Study 1. For general class mobility estimates, age
was significantly negatively associated with greater overestimates of
class mobility. As in Study 1, higher subjective perceptions of social class
rank were significantly associated with overestimates of mobility. Income
was also positively associated with class mobility estimates in this sample
whereas educational attainment was not associated. Once again, conservatives
provided larger overestimates of class mobility. In addition, reduced
self-rated knowledge of economic mobility predicted increased
overestimates of class mobility—providing more support for the informational
component to class mobility overestimates. The same patterns
emerged for the self-relevant mobility estimates, only with these estimates,
self-rated knowledge was not related to mobility estimates.