Table 1.
Data on height and education from 4 Decennial Health Surveys (DHS) 1970–2003 for samples of adult * men and women representative of the French population.
| DHS 1970 | DHS 1980 | DHS 1991 | DHS 2003 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | N | HEIGHT† M (SD) | ≥ BAC %‡ | N | HEIGHT† M (SD) | ≥ BAC %‡ | N | HEIGHT† M (SD) | ≥ BAC %‡ | N | HEIGHT† M (SD) | ≥ BAC %‡ |
| Men | ||||||||||||
| 25–34 | 1220 | 171.9 (6.4) | 24 | 1512 | 173.7 (6.6) | 29 | 1436 | 175.6 (7.0) | 31 | 2060 | 177.0 (6.8) | 56 |
| 35–44 | 1576 | 170.4 (6.5) | 16 | 1161 | 172.1 (6.6) | 22 | 1526 | 174.2 (6.6) | 31 | 2493 | 176.0 (6.8) | 38 |
| 45–54 | 1225 | 169.9 (6.4) | 15 | 1298 | 170.8 (6.4) | 17 | 1097 | 172.5 (6.8) | 28 | 2448 | 174.4 (6.6) | 35 |
| 55–64 | 1133 | 169.0 (6.0) | 11 | 963 | 169.9 (6.4) | 14 | 1034 | 170.9 (6.6) | 16 | 1708 | 173.0 (6.6) | 32 |
| ALL | 5154 | 170.3 (6.4) | 17 | 4934 | 171.8 (6.6) | 21 | 5093 | 173.5 (7.0) | 27 | 8709 | 175.2 (6.9) | 40 |
| Women | ||||||||||||
| 25–34 | 1304 | 161.2 (5.9) | 18 | 1534 | 161.5 (5.9) | 30 | 1623 | 163.0 (6.0) | 35 | 2288 | 164.0 (6.1) | 62 |
| 35–44 | 1610 | 160.5 (6.0) | 12 | 1193 | 161.2 (6.1) | 22 | 1563 | 161.9 (6.3) | 31 | 2778 | 163.2 (6.1) | 45 |
| 45–54 | 1300 | 160.9 (5.8) | 12 | 1357 | 160.5 (5.9) | 13 | 1131 | 161.4 (5.9) | 23 | 2668 | 161.8 (6.4) | 35 |
| 55–64 | 1191 | 160.2 (5.9) | 67 | 1012 | 160.5 (6.1) | 11 | 1140 | 160.4 (5.9) | 9 | 1926 | 161.2 (6.0) | 26 |
| ALL | 5405 | 160.7 (5.9) | 12 | 5096 | 161.0 (6.0) | 20 | 5457 | 161.8 (6.1) | 26 | 9660 | 162.6 (6.3) | 43 |
*
Analysis restricted to those 25 to 64 years of age.
†
M: Mean; SD: Standard deviation.
‡
Those with a baccalauréat (secondary school diploma, usually taken at age 18), or higher.