Stature and education among Roma women: taller stature is associated with better educational and economic outcomes
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The association between body height and educational outcome, as measured by years of completed schooling,
was investigated among Roma women in Serbia in 2014–2018. Height, demographic data, level of
schooling and reproductive histories were collected from 691 Roma women aged between 16 and 80 years
living in rural settlements in central and western Serbia. Multinomial logistic regression analysis showed
that short stature was associated with an increased risk of low education, possibly as a result of poor growth
and developmental disadvantage in early life. Roma cultural practices were also shown to influence the
school achievement of these Roma girls: in addition to height, education was positively associated with
a higher bride price and better socioeconomic status, as acquired through marriage. For Roma women,
height might influence not only their level of education but also their lifetime prospects.
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stature / education / Roma womenSource:
Journal of Biosocial Science, 2019Publisher:
- Cambridge Core
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DOI: 10.1017/S0021932019000427
ISSN: 0021-9320
WoS: 000544652000008
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85067975307
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Етнографски институт САНУ / Institute of Ethnography SASATY - JOUR AU - Čvorović, Jelena PY - 2019 UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/6781 AB - The association between body height and educational outcome, as measured by years of completed schooling, was investigated among Roma women in Serbia in 2014–2018. Height, demographic data, level of schooling and reproductive histories were collected from 691 Roma women aged between 16 and 80 years living in rural settlements in central and western Serbia. Multinomial logistic regression analysis showed that short stature was associated with an increased risk of low education, possibly as a result of poor growth and developmental disadvantage in early life. Roma cultural practices were also shown to influence the school achievement of these Roma girls: in addition to height, education was positively associated with a higher bride price and better socioeconomic status, as acquired through marriage. For Roma women, height might influence not only their level of education but also their lifetime prospects. PB - Cambridge Core T2 - Journal of Biosocial Science T1 - Stature and education among Roma women: taller stature is associated with better educational and economic outcomes DO - 10.1017/S0021932019000427 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_6781 ER -
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Čvorović, J.. (2019). Stature and education among Roma women: taller stature is associated with better educational and economic outcomes. in Journal of Biosocial Science Cambridge Core.. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932019000427 https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_6781
Čvorović J. Stature and education among Roma women: taller stature is associated with better educational and economic outcomes. in Journal of Biosocial Science. 2019;. doi:10.1017/S0021932019000427 https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_6781 .
Čvorović, Jelena, "Stature and education among Roma women: taller stature is associated with better educational and economic outcomes" in Journal of Biosocial Science (2019), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932019000427 ., https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_6781 .