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Subject: Re: Men like them stupid
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Date: Fri, 15-Jul-83 12:54:43 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 15 12:54:43 1983
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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