Growing taller unequally? Adult height and socioeconomic status in Spain (Cohorts 1940-1994).

ABSTRACT: Socioeconomic inequalities and their evolution in different historical contexts have been widely studied. However, some of their dimensions remain relatively unexplored, such as the role played by socioeconomic status in the trajectory of biological living standards, especially net nutritional status. The main objective of this article is to analyze whether the power of socioeconomic status (SES) to explain differences in the biological dimensions of human well-being (in this case, adult height, a reliable metric for health and nutritional status) has increased or diminished over time. Educational attainment and occupational category have been used as two different proxies for the SES of Spanish men and women born between 1940 and 1994, thus covering a historical period in Spain characteri

SUBMITTER: Candela-Martinez B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9163098 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature