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From: smb@ulysses.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Men like them stupid
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Date: Sun, 17-Jul-83 00:00:21 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 17 00:00:21 1983
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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