Graph G illustrates the corresponding data for girls. 



The German girls average 62.39 inches in height; the 

 average for American girls is only .01 inch less. The de- 

 crease in the stature of German girls, from 62.35 inches in the 

 first half-year to 61.90 inches in the second half-year, is per- 

 haps due to a selective process, the taller girls being the more 

 likely to be sent to work at the earlier ages. The English, 

 Scotch and Irish girls average 62.21 inches. The average for 

 all nationalities is 61.35 inches. As with the boys, so with the 

 girls also, Germans, Americans and English are above the 

 average, while Jews and Italians tend to fall below ; the average 

 statures of the last two races being respectively 60.93 and 

 60.30 inches. 



As regards the gain in height between ages 14J and 15 J, the 

 order of the nationalities presents a somewhat different aspect. 

 British girls increase by .77 inch, and Germans by .67 inch. 

 Below the general average of .40 inch, however, are Italians 

 (.29 inch), Jews (.16 inch), and native American girls of 

 native parentage, who gain only .14 inch. 



GRAPH G 



Average Heights of Girls of Various Nationalities at Each 

 Half-year Period, Ages 14 to 16 



-16 yrs. 



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