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Educational level, fatness, and fatness differences between husbands and wives.

S M Garn1, T V Sullivan, V M Hawthorne

  • 1Center for Human Growth and Development, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0406.

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
|October 1, 1989
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Educational level impacts body fatness differently in husbands and wives. Increased education reduces fatness differences between spouses, with husbands often becoming fatter than wives beyond 13 years of schooling.

Area of Science:

  • Sociology
  • Anthropometry
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Socioeconomic status is linked to health outcomes, including body fatness.
  • Educational attainment is a key indicator of socioeconomic status.
  • Understanding how education influences body composition in couples is important for public health initiatives.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between educational level and body fatness in husband-wife pairs.
  • To examine how educational attainment influences fatness differences between spouses.
  • To explore the role of assortative mating in socioeconomic effects on body composition.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of data from 1017 husband-wife pairs aged 20-49 years.
  • Assessment of body fatness using summed skinfold measurements.

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  • Statistical analysis to determine linear and curvilinear relationships between education and fatness.

    • Main Results:

    • Wives' fatness and weight showed an inverse linear relationship with education.
    • Husbands' fatness exhibited a curvilinear relationship with years of schooling.
    • Fatness differences between spouses decreased with higher education; husbands exceeded wives' fatness beyond 13 years of education.
    • Women marrying men with higher education were leaner; those marrying down were heavier and fatter.

    Conclusions:

    • Assortative mating based on education significantly influences socioeconomic effects on body fatness.
    • Educational level plays a differential role in the body composition of husbands and wives.
    • Women are not universally fatter than men across all socioeconomic levels.