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UNSPECIFIED. (1992) SOCIAL-CLASS AND DIACHRONIC TRENDS IN PHYSIQUE IN YOUNG UNIVERSITY WOMEN. JOURNAL OF BIOSOCIAL SCIENCE, 24 (2). pp. 269-279. ISSN 0021-9320
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In a large sample of female students admitted to the University of Warwick in the period 1971-86, physique as measured by height, weight and ponderal index was examined in relation to family variables and socioeconomic class. Stature and weight both show a secular tendency to increase, and there is no indication of any slowing of rate. The different social classes do not participate equally in these trends, in a way that is difficult to reconcile with the attribution of the diachronic changes to simple improvement in environmental conditions. Maternal competence is suggested as a possible factor in the pattern of class difference.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences |
| Journal or Publication Title: | JOURNAL OF BIOSOCIAL SCIENCE |
| Publisher: | GALTON FOUNDATION |
| ISSN: | 0021-9320 |
| Date: | April 1992 |
| Volume: | 24 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Number of Pages: | 11 |
| Page Range: | pp. 269-279 |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/22122 |
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