title: The association between adolescent height and student school satisfaction: recent evidence from Catalonia.
abstract: We examine the relationship between high-school students' height and their self-reported school satisfaction. This relationship is explored on the basis of a survey conducted in 2008 among some 2200 Catalan (Spanish) students. We find a negative association between height and school satisfaction: an association apparently correlated with the students' maturity, which in turn influences the degree of their disenchantment with the educational system. A 10 cm increase in height decreased the probability of falling into the "very satisfied" category by 9.8%.
authors.affiliation: Universitat Internacional de Catalunya & IEB, Spain. tmora@cir.uic.es
authors.forename: Toni
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mora
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012574:Schools; D013030:Spain; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires