Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site unc.unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!mcnc!unc!fsks From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: SHORT MEN Message-ID: <215@unc.unc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 17:27:04 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.215 Posted: Fri Aug 23 17:27:04 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 13:59:43 EDT References: <366@lcuxb.UUCP> <289@ihlpl.UUCP> <1005@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Organization: CS Dept, U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill Lines: 15 Mitchell Marks: > I sure wish I had the details here, to get it right. Corrections >are welcome. There was a study which did a longitudinal follow-up of an >entire graduating class (or just the men?) at some college. One thing >they investigated was which factors, available at the time of graduation, >would have been the best predictors of income ten years later. The best >correlation of all -- more than grades, major field, or even family socio- >economic background -- was height. > -- Mitch Marks @ UChicago ...ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!mmar I've heard recently that on the average, women earn only $0.59 for every $1 men earn. This would explain much of the difference. After all, women do tend to be shorter than men. Frank Silbermann