Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/26/83; site ihuxk.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!we13!ihnp4!ihuxk!rs55611 From: rs55611@ihuxk.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Men like them stupid Message-ID: <391@ihuxk.UUCP> Date: Fri, 15-Jul-83 12:54:43 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxk.391 Posted: Fri Jul 15 12:54:43 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 19-Jul-83 13:50:01 EDT References: <1395@tekid.UUCP> Organization: BTL Naperville, Il. Lines: 20 The statistic that men whose wives are college-educated and work are more likely to suffer heart attacks than men whose wives don't work doesn't surprise me too much, but we have to be carefull to separate cause and effect from unrelated data. For example, here is a possible explanation for this (just an idea, based on speculation, with no hard supporting evidence): I think its probably true that women with college degrees are more likely to be married to men with college degrees, than to men without a degree. Thus, the husbands of women with college degrees will have a higher probability of working at a "white-collar", desk-type job. This type of work would be more prone to stress (mental), and would entail less physical activity. Thus, these men would be more prone to heart attacks, not because their wives are college educated and work, but because the husbands themselves are likely to be working at more stressful jobs, with little exercise. -just a theory (and it's at best one of many contributing factors) Bob Schleicher