Physique and family variables in university girls in Britain

Roberts, D. F.; Dann, T. C.

doi:10.1080/19485565.1985.9988589

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“…Comparison of these means with those in the first 11 years (Roberts & Dann, 1985) suggests secular changes. In all social classes there has been a clear decline in family size, the greatest decline (1-67 and 1-89 children) occurring in classes 1 and 2 respectively, and the smallest (0-49) in class 5.…”

Section: Secular Changementioning

confidence: 84%

“…Measurements of height, weight and ponderal index in young women admitted to the University of Warwick during the 11-year period 1971-81 showed a trend to increase in stature, independent of the effects of social class; ponderal index showed a tendency to increased linearity of body form in the upper social classes (Roberts & Dann, 1985). A previous 12-year study in Swansea University students (Dann & Roberts, 1976) indicated a similar tendency to increasing height and linearity, though this was partly due to changes in the regional derivation of the students in the sample.…”

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confidence: 91%

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Social class and diachronic trends in physique in young university women

Roberts

Dann

1992

J. Biosoc. Sci.

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SummaryIn 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.

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Section: Secular Changementioning

confidence: 84%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 91%