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
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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