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Nineteenth century stature and family size : binding constraint or productive labor force?
Carson, Scott Alan - 2010
neglected area in historical stature studies is the relationship between stature and family size, and statures are documented … here to be positively related with family size. The relationship between material inequality and heath is the subject of …-spatial relationship between the environment and stature. -- family economics ; stature ; wealth ; inequality ; insolation ; vitamin D …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003951557
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Nineteenth century stature and family size: Binding constraint or productive labor force?
Carson, Scott Alan - 2010
neglected area in historical stature studies is the relationship between stature and family size, and statures are documented … here to be positively related with family size. The relationship between material inequality and heath is the subject of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272041
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Demographic, residential, and socioeconomic effects on the distribution of 19th century African-American Body Mass Index values
Carson, Scott Alan - 2011
Little research exists on the body mass index values of late 19th and early 20th century African-Americans. Using a new BMI data set and robust statistics, this paper demonstrates that late 19th and early 20th century black BMI variation by age increased in their mid-30s but declined at older...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009009594
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Nineteenth century black and white US statures : the primary sources of vitamin D and their relationship with height
Carson, Scott Alan - 2008
Vitamin D is vital in all vertebrates because it allows them to absorb more calcium from their diets, contributing to stronger skeletal systems and stature growth. Using a new source of 19th century US state prison records, this study contrasts the statures of comparable African-Americans and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003803559
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Spatial correlates of U.S. heights and BMIs, 2002
Komlos, John; Lauderdale, Benjamin E. - 2004
Aiming to further explore possible underlying causes for the recent stagnation in American heights, this paper describes the result of analysis of the commercial U.S. Sizing Survey. Using zip codes available in the data set, we consider geographic correlates of height such as local poverty rate,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440460
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Demographic, Residential, and Socioeconomic Effects on the Distribution of 19th Century White Body Mass Index Values
Carson, Scott Alan - 2021
Little research exists on the body mass index values of 19th century Americans of European descent. Using a new BMI data set and robust statistics, between 1860 and 1880, BMIs decreased across the distribution; however, after 1880, BMIs in the highest quantiles increased, while those in lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316044
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Demographic, Residential, and Socioeconomic Effects on the Distribution of 19th Century African-American Body Mass Index Values
Carson, Scott Alan - 2021
Little research exists on the body mass index values of late 19th and early 20th century African-Americans. Using a new BMI data set and robust statistics, this paper demonstrates that late 19th and early 20th century black BMI variation by age increased in their mid-30s but declined at older...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316097
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Nineteenth Century Black and White US Statures : The Primary Sources of Vitamin D and Their Relationship with Height
Carson, Scott Alan - 2021
Vitamin D is vital in all vertebrates because it allows them to absorb more calcium from their diets, contributing to stronger skeletal systems and stature growth. Using a new source of 19th century US state prison records, this study contrasts the statures of comparable African-Americans and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316428
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Demographic, residential, and socioeconomic effects on the distribution of 19th century white Body Mass Index values
Carson, Scott Alan - 2011
Little research exists on the body mass index values of 19th century Americans of European descent. Using a new BMI data set and robust statistics, between 1860 and 1880, BMIs decreased across the distribution; however, after 1880, BMIs in the highest quantiles increased, while those in lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011179
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Female and Male Body Mass, Height, and Weight During US Economics Development
Carson, Scott A. - 2020
When other measures for economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, the use of biological measures are now standard in economics. This study uses late 19th and early 20th century BMI, statures, and weight to assess how net nutrition accumulated to women and men during US economic development....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012827111