The effects on stature of poverty, family size, and birth order: British children in the 1930s

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 157-184

  Hatton, Timothy J ^a,b   Martin, Richard M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HYGIENE; OVERCROWDING; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952705225     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpp034     Document Type: Article

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