Journal article
Changing patterns of social variation in stature in Poland
- Alternative title:
- effects of transition from a command economy to the free-market system?
- Abstract:
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Summary: The aim of this analysis was to examine the effects on stature in two nationally representative samples of Polish 19-year-old conscripts of maternal and paternal education level, and of degree of urbanization, before and after the economic transition of 1990. Data were from two national surveys of 19-year-old Polish conscripts: 27,236 in 1986 and 28,151 in 2001. In addition to taking height measurements, each subject was asked about the socioeconomic background of their families, inc...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Journal of Biosocial Science Journal website
- Volume:
- 37
- Issue:
- 4
- Pages:
- 427-434
- Publication date:
- 2005-07-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1469-7599
- ISSN:
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0021-9320
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- English
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- ora:6576
- Deposit date:
- 2012-11-26
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- Cambridge University Press
- Copyright date:
- 2004
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