Heineck Guido
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Department of Economics, Lange Gasse 20, Nuremberg D-90403, Germany.
Econ Hum Biol. 2006 Dec;4(3):359-82. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2006.05.001. Epub 2006 Jun 27.
This paper examines the socio-economic variation in height and weight using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. Results reinforce previous research insofar as height is associated with socio-economic differences. For example, a low maternal schooling level or a lower position in the income distribution is negatively correlated with the height of West Germans. Furthermore, there is a west-east and a north-south gradient in height in Germany. BMI is also determined by individuals' characteristics with similar underlying patterns. That is, in both West and East Germany, women with low income and low education have a higher BMI whereas the better educated women weigh less.
本文利用德国社会经济面板数据研究了身高和体重的社会经济差异。研究结果强化了先前的研究，即身高与社会经济差异相关。例如，母亲受教育程度低或在收入分配中处于较低位置与西德人的身高呈负相关。此外，德国的身高存在从西到东和从北到南的梯度变化。体重指数也由具有相似潜在模式的个人特征决定。也就是说，在西德和东德，低收入和低教育水平的女性体重指数较高，而受教育程度较高的女性体重较轻。
