title: Assortative mating, differential fertility and abnormal pregnancy outcome.
abstract: This study examines the relationship between spousal likeness in stature and two measures of reproductive success: the number of live-born children and the frequency of abnormal pregnancies, in a large British national sample. The analyses showed that as the husband-wife height difference increases so does the probability of having an abnormal pregnancy outcome. Increasing spousal similarity for height associates with increasing numbers of live-born children even after correcting for parental age, social and regional differences.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Mascie-Taylor
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Boldsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001827:Body Height; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D010641:Phenotype; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome