title: [Typology characteristics of preschool-age gypsy children in the Czech Republic].
abstract: The study assesses the somatotype (using the method of Heath-Carter, 1967) and its changes in 439 pre-school 3-7 years old Gypsy children and compares results with the situation in 348 non-Gypsy children. A change in somatotype with age and a typical dominance of the mesomorphic component in the pre-school age in both Gypsy and non-Gypsy children has been confirmed. This is in agreement with studies on non-Gypsy children. The above findings and the fact that differences in somatotype between ethnic groups are smaller than those between sexes show that the somatotype and its developmental tendencies in pre-school age are almost identical in Gypsy and non-Gypsy children.
authors.affiliation: Katedra biologie, zdravotní a ekologické výchovy pedagogické fakulty Univerzity Karlovy, Praha.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jaros
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003604:Czechoslovakia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006178:Romani People; D013008:Somatotypes
vernacular_title: Typologická charakteristika romských dĕtí predskolního vĕku z Ceské republiky.