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The Relationship between Education, Height and BMI, White Native-Born Males
Source: Tables 2 and 3 from Bleakley et al. (forthcoming) for height coefficients and author’s calculations for BMI coefficients using the Gould sample (Costa 2004a), WWII enlistment records, and NHANES. The coefficients are from regressions of years of education on height or BMI, controlling for age or cohort, region of residence, metro area, and state or place of residence.
