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| Title: | | Racial differences in body-mass indices for men imprisoned in 19th century US prisons: A multinomial approach  |
| Authors: | | Carson, Scott Alan |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | CESifo working paper Labour Markets 3016 |
| Abstract: | | Little research has been done on the body mass index values of 19th century US African-Americans and whites. This paper uses 19th century US prison records to demonstrate that although modern BMIs have increased in the 20th century, 19th century black and white BMIs were distributed symmetrically; neither underweight nor obese individuals were common. Throughout the 19th century, black and white BMI values declined. Farmers were consistently heavier than non-farmers, and blacks in Upper South had lower BMI values than their counterparts in other US regions. |
| Subjects: | | body mass index 19th century American health racial disparity |
| JEL: | | I10 I12 I30 J10 J15 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | CESifo Working Papers, CESifo Group Munich
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