Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site ulysses.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!mhuxa!ulysses!smb From: smb@ulysses.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Men like them stupid Message-ID: <499@ulysses.UUCP> Date: Sun, 17-Jul-83 00:00:21 EDT Article-I.D.: ulysses.499 Posted: Sun Jul 17 00:00:21 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 17-Jul-83 16:32:59 EDT References: <531@vax135.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 18 I saw a more complete version of that story on the AP wire. The results were based on data extracted from the Framingham study, a massive and ongoing study of a sample of 5000 people in one town. The researchers studied couples where the husband was between 45 and 64. They did indeed find that the husband's risk of a heart attack was correlated with (*not* caused by; statistical studies can't establish causality) the wife's educational level. They also found that children and the wife's employment outside the home were aggravating factors. However -- the researchers pointed out that because of the age of the participants, the women were employed at a time when that was a relatively uncommon activity. Given the changing social and marital attitudes, they caution against applying these results uncritically to today's couples. Yes, I know -- much less spectacular that way..... --Steve Bellovin