Regional and social analysis of height variation in a contemporary British sample.

doi:10.1080/03014468500007841

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Regional and social analysis of height variation in a contemporary British sample.

Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000

Mascie-Taylor C G, Boldsen J L

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The height distributions of 11-year-old boys and girls and their parents (N = 33 000) comprising the National Child Development Study are reported. The variance in height was found to differ significantly between social classes for all three family positions (father, mother and child). Analysis o...

Topics

Body Height
Child
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Genetic Variation
Geography
Humans
Male
Socioeconomic Factors
United Kingdom

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