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Kingsley Davis
Kingsley Davis is central to 10 previous-year questions, spanning 2009 to 2025 across Paper I and Paper II. Everything below is drawn from the official papers — the questions themselves, the concepts they test, and where they sit in the syllabus.
10Questions
2009–25Years tested
I & IIPaper
2Syllabus topics
Concepts asked alongside Kingsley Davis
What the examiner actually wants you to know when this name appears.
functional necessity of stratification 5differential rewards 4meritocracy 4conflict critique 3demographic transition 2fertility 2ascription versus achievementconflict and dysfunctiondifferential rewarddifferential rewards and integrationfertility behaviourfunctional importance of positionsfunctional necessityhuman developmentinfant mortality rateintermediate variableslegitimation of inequalitylife chances
Where Kingsley Davis appears in the syllabus
Every question on Kingsley Davis
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2011
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