Adult male height in an American colony: Puerto Rico and the USA mainland compared, 1886-1955
| Autor: | Ricardo Godoy, Elizabeth Goodman, Mariana Caram, Craig Seyfried, Richard Levins |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Mainland China
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adult male Economics Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) Social Environment medicine Humans Mortality Poverty Rural economy Public health Puerto Rico History 19th Century Anthropometry History 20th Century Adult height Body Height United States Secular variation Diet Geography Socioeconomic Factors Educational Status Mainland Public Health Demography |
| Zdroj: | Economics and human biology. 5(1) |
| ISSN: | 1570-677X |
| Popis: | The links between adult height and socioeconomic-political marginality are controversial. We test hypotheses by comparing secular trends between two groups of USA adult male citizens born during 1886-1930: (a) 9805 men surveyed in Puerto Rico during 1965 and (b) 3064 non-Hispanic Whites surveyed on the mainland during 1971-1975. Puerto Rico provides an apt case study because it is the oldest colony in the world and was the poorest region of the USA during the 20th century. During the period considered the average adult man in Puerto Rico was 164.8 cm tall, 8.3 cm shorter than the average adult man on the mainland (173.1cm). Both groups experienced secular improvements in height, with men on the mainland having higher rates than men in Puerto Rico. In neither case were results statistically significant. The modest changes in Puerto Rico likely reflect the offsetting role of improved health and a stagnant rural economy during the first half of the 20th century. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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