Seasonal anthropometric cycles in a command economy: The case of Czechoslovakia, 1946–1966
| Autor: | Tomas Cvrcek |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Adolescent Body height Economics Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) Nutritional Status Public Policy Economic shortage Standard of living Food Supply Food supply Humans Least-Squares Analysis Child Communism Anthropometry Healthy population Body Weight Planned economy History 20th Century Slow growth Body Height Czechoslovakia Geography Female Seasons Demography |
| Zdroj: | Economics & Human Biology. 4:317-341 |
| ISSN: | 1570-677X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ehb.2006.08.002 |
| Popis: | Anthropometric evidence is used to shed light on the living standards in early communist Czechoslovakia (1946-1966). Height and weight variation of adolescent boys exhibit a pattern that is inconsistent with that for a normal healthy population. The hypothesis is proposed that this pattern arose from periodic food supply shortages, most marked in the spring of each year. The boys in the sample display a remarkably slow growth during the spring but catch up over the summer. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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