Childhood circumstances and height among older adults in the United States

Reginald D. Tucker-Seeley and S.V. Subramanian

Economics & Human Biology, 2011, vol. 9, issue 2, 194-202

Abstract: We investigated the association between adult height and three indicators of childhood circumstances: mother's education, childhood financial hardship, and childhood health in the United States. Cross-sectional analysis of adults aged 50 and older in the 2004 Health and Retirement Study (NÂ =Â 14,079) was conducted. Gender and gender-race stratified regression models were used to model the association between adult height and childhood circumstances. The gender-stratified results showed a positive gradient association between mother's education and adult height; those reporting up to grade 8, high school graduate, and greater than high school education for their mother were 4.17Â cm (pÂ

Keywords: Adult; height; Childhood; health; Childhood; socioeconomic; status; United; States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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