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Children Born in 1933.— The Boys are 0.3 inches taller and
1.0 lbs. heavier on the average than the girls. The average
minimum weights of the boys is 1.4 lbs. more and their average
minimum height 0.4 inches more than the corresponding figures for
the girls. The average maximum weight of the boys is 1.1 lbs.
more and their average maximum height 0.4 inches taller than
the girls.
Children Born in 1932.— The boys are 0.4 inches taller and
0.9 lbs. heavier on the average than the girls. The average
minimum weights of the boys is 0.8 lbs. more and their average
minimum height 0.3 inches taller than the corresponding figures
for the girls. The average maximum weight of the boys is 1.2
lbs. more than the girls, and their average maximum height 0.4
inches taller than for the girls.
Children Born in 1930.— The boys are 0.5 inches taller and
2.6 lbs. heavier on the average than the girls. The average
minimum weight of the boys is 2.3 lbs. more and their average
minimum height 0.1 inches less than the corresponding figure for
the girls. The average maximum weight of the boys is 0.2 lbs.
more than the girls, and their average maximum height is 0.7
inches shorter than the girls.
Children Born in 1925.— The boys in this group were 0.9
inches shorter and 1.2 lbs. lighter on the average than the girls.
The average minimum weight of the boys is 1.5 lbs. more, and
their average minimum height 0.1 inches taller than the girls.
The average maximum weight of the boys is 2.4 lbs. less and
their average maximum height 0.1 inches taller than for the girls.
In this group as a whole the boys are shorter and lighter than the
girls, but the former are a more uniform group: the girls
exhibiting greater fluctuations around the mean average.