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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: SHORT MEN
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Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 17:27:04 EDT
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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