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dc.contributor.authorCarson, Scott Alanen
dc.date.accessioned2010-05-19-
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-18T11:21:58Z-
dc.date.available2010-08-18T11:21:58Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/39031-
dc.description.abstractLittle 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.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x3016en
dc.subject.jelI10en
dc.subject.jelI12en
dc.subject.jelI30en
dc.subject.jelJ10en
dc.subject.jelJ15en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordbody mass indexen
dc.subject.keyword19th century American healthen
dc.subject.keywordracial disparityen
dc.subject.stwGesundheiten
dc.subject.stwÜbergewichten
dc.subject.stwAnthropologieen
dc.subject.stwWeißeen
dc.subject.stwFarbige Bevölkerungen
dc.subject.stwVergleichen
dc.subject.stwStraftäteren
dc.subject.stwTeilstaaten
dc.subject.stwUSAen
dc.titleRacial differences in body-mass indices for men imprisoned in 19th century US prisons: A multinomial approach-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn626394619en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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