Physical stature of men in eighteenth century Mexico: Evidence from Puebla

Agustín Grajales-Porras and Moramay López-Alonso

Economics & Human Biology, 2011, vol. 9, issue 3, 265-271

Abstract: We present a first glimpse of the mean height of men in eighteenth century Mexico based on evidence from the Revillagigedo Census of 1791-1792. Mexican men were shorter than those of Europe and North America. For example, contemporary French men were about 165Â cm and US men were about 174Â cm; in contrast, Mexican men were about 162Â cm. Men of higher income were taller than those in the middle and lower income strata. Mestizos (a mix of whites and Indians) were shorter than the rest of the recruits belonging to other ethnic categories.

Keywords: Biological; standard; of; living; Physical; stature; Height; Anthropometric; history; Mexico; Latin; America; Eighteenth; century (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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