Marital distance and child variability.

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Marital distance and child variability.

Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000

Schmitt L H, Harrison G A, Mascie-Taylor C G

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The effects of marital distance on the mean and variance of child stature and weight were investigated using the British National Child Development Study data. Children of large marital distance unions had mean values as predicted from mid-parent values and did not exhibit a hybrid vigour effect. However, they did show reduced levels of variability and this effect was most marked at 16 years, although it was also...

Topics

Adolescent
Body Height
Body Weight
Child
Female
Genetic Variation
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Marriage
Population Dynamics
Statistics as Topic

United Kingdom

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