The New York City boys show a consistently greater 

 average height at each age- period; the difference in their favor 

 amounts to .68 inch for the two-year period. The New York 

 City girls, on the other hand, are shorter than the up-state 

 girls at each age-period, the difference for the two years being 

 .25 inch. As regards the relative heights of the sexes, it may 

 be pointed out that, while the New York boys are taller than 

 the New York girls in each period, the up-state boys are taller 

 than the up-state girls only in the second year; in the first 

 year the opposite relationship obtains. 



In weight as well as in height, the New York boys are 

 superior to the up-state boys in each age-period. For the 

 two-year period there is a difference of 5.03 pounds in their 

 favor. The New York girls are likewise heavier than the 

 up-state girls at each age, except in the period 14f to 15 years. 

 For the two-year period the difference in favor of the former 

 is 2.49 pounds. New York City boys are heavier than New 

 York City girls after the third quarter of the fifteenth year; 

 the up-state boys, on the contrary, are lighter than the up- 

 state girls in every period, except at age 15| to 15J. 



Both boys and girls of New York City are stockier 

 than up-state children; that is, they show a greater weight 

 per inch of height. For the two-year period the New York 

 City' boys are .07 pound heavier, and the New York City 

 girls are .04 pound heavier, than the up-state children of the 

 respective sexes, per inch of height. Among both New York 

 City and up-state children the girls are stockier than the boys. 

 The differences are small, to be sure, but may be significant. 

 Thus the New York girls are .01 pound heavier, and the up- 

 state girls are .04 pound heavier, than the corresponding groups 

 of boys, per inch of height. These differences would be appre- 

 ciably increased if allowances were made for the higher heels 

 worn by girls. 



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