Standing on the shoulders of giants. Paternal life course effects on son’s heights outcomes in the Netherlands 1820-1960

IF 1 3区历史学 Q3 FAMILY STUDIES

History of the Family Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI:10.1080/1081602X.2023.2204561

Björn Quanjer

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This article aims to answer the question: what makes you taller than your father? To study this intergenerational growth, conscription heights from the Historical Sample of the Netherlands are used from the period 1820–1960. A growth estimation method on the individual level is introduced to cope with the variance in growth windows in the nineteenth century, especially to estimate growth after conscription. Both the influence of external and household factors are examined. Moreover, the external living conditions of the mother are included in the analyses as well. It was found that the disease environment, proxied by crude death rates, affects heights within a generation and so an improvement in these conditions makes a son taller. What adds to this is that maternal early life conditions play a crucial role in outgrowing a father if these conditions differ from that of the father himself. Furthermore, sibship size was found to have a negative effect on heights. Furthermore, social mobility achieved by the father was associated with a larger height difference with his son. Still, on average, sons did not yet reach the heights of higher socioeconomic peers after paternal upward mobility.

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站在巨人的肩上。1820-1960年荷兰父亲的生命历程对儿子身高的影响

摘要本文旨在回答这样一个问题：是什么让你比你爸爸高？为了研究这种代际增长，使用了1820年至1960年期间荷兰历史样本中的征兵高度。为了应对19世纪增长窗口的变化，特别是为了估计征兵后的增长，引入了一种个人层面的增长估计方法。考察了外部因素和家庭因素的影响。此外，母亲的外部生活条件也包括在分析中。研究发现，以粗略死亡率为代表的疾病环境会在一代人内影响身高，因此这些条件的改善会使儿子变得更高。更重要的是，如果母亲的早期生活条件与父亲自己的不同，那么这些条件对父亲的成长起着至关重要的作用。此外，同胞大小被发现对身高有负面影响。此外，父亲实现的社会流动性与儿子的身高差异较大有关。尽管如此，平均而言，在父亲向上流动之后，儿子们还没有达到社会经济地位较高的同龄人的高度。

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期刊介绍： The History of the Family: An International Quarterly makes a significant contribution by publishing works reflecting new developments in scholarship and by charting new directions in the historical study of the family. Further emphasizing the international developments in historical research on the family, the Quarterly encourages articles on comparative research across various cultures and societies in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific Rim, in addition to Europe, the United States and Canada, as well as work in the context of global history.