Martin Lidia, Dorjee Binu, Groth Detlef, Scheffler Christiane
University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Human Biology, Potsdam, Germany.
University of North Bengal, Department of Anthropology, Raja Rammohunpur, Darjeeling, West Bengal 734 013, India.
Anthropol Anz. 2020 May 13;77(5):375-387. doi: 10.1127/anthranz/2020/1177.
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.
在自然界中，优势通常由体型体现；即便在人类中，许多研究也报告称社会地位与身高相关。在当今社会，教育程度是社会阶层划分的一个重要因素。由于成长中的孩子没有自己的教育或社会地位，他们常常受到父母地位的影响。因此，问题就出现了，父母的教育程度是否会对孩子的成长产生显著影响。如果是这样，这能否用营养因素来解释呢？为了验证这一假设，我们使用圣尼古拉斯之家分析法重新审视了七个不同的印度数据集。结果显示，父母教育程度与孩子的身高（身高标准差分数）之间存在直接关联，但父母教育程度对营养状况没有影响。我们得出结论，教育对身高有直接影响，且这种影响并非通过营养介导。
