TY  - JOUR
A1  - Martin, Lidia
A1  - Dorjee, Binu
A1  - Groth, Detlef
A1  - Scheffler, Christiane
T1  - Positive influence of parental education on growth of children
BT  - statistical analysis of correlation between social and nutritional
JF  - Journal of biological and clinical anthropology : Anthropologischer Anzeiger
N2  - In nature, dominance is often shown by body size; even in humans many studies report that social status is associated with body height. In today's society, educational status is an important factor for social classification. Since growing children do not have their own educational or social status, they are often affected by the status of their parents. Therefore, the question appears, whether parental educational status measurably affects the growth of a child. If so, is this explainable by the nutritional factors? To test this hypothesis, seven different Indian data sets where reexamined using the St. Nicolas House Analysis. The results show a direct association between parental education and body height (hSDS) of the child, but there was no influence of parental education on the nutritional status. We conclude that education has a direct effect on height that is not mediated via nutrition.
KW  - parental educational status
KW  - social classification
KW  - body height
Y1  - 2020
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2020/1177
SN  - 0003-5548
SN  - 2363-7099
VL  - 77
IS  - 5
SP  - 375
EP  - 387
PB  - Schweizerbart science publishers
CY  - Stuttgart
ER  -