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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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Abstract
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 | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences |
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Journal or Publication Title: | JOURNAL OF BIOSOCIAL SCIENCE | ||||
Publisher: | GALTON FOUNDATION | ||||
ISSN: | 0021-9320 | ||||
Official Date: | April 1992 | ||||
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Volume: | 24 | ||||
Number: | 2 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 11 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 269-279 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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