Jul. 25, 2006
戦前日本における体位の決定要因―東北一農村の壮丁検査記録分析―
The Determinants of Height, Weight and Weight-for-height in Prewar Japan -An Analysis of Conscription Records for a North-eastern Village-
要旨Abstract
本論文は，経済発展の初期段階における体位の決定要因を明らかにする試みである．所得成長が始まっても，人びとの体位は十分なかたちでは向上しないことがしばしばあった．その原因として従来の研究は人びとの移動と都市化に注意を向けてきたが，本稿はそこに農村的要因も介在していたことを示唆する．依拠するデータは，例外的に豊かな情報をもつ，東北一農村の壮丁検査記録である．そのミクロ分析の結果は，父親の体位をコントロールすることで頑健な計測が可能となること，体位を引き下げる方向で作用していた2つの異なった要因があったことを示す．その要因の第一は壮丁の農村からの移動経験で，エクスポージャを通して主として体重指標へ負の影響をもった．第二は農家女性の労働負担である．壮丁身長の農家所得にたいする弾力性が一般に想定されるよりも小さな値をとったことから，この要因が無視できない役割を果していたことがわかるのである．
This anthropometric paper is an attempt to identify the determinants of height, weight and weight-for-height of an agricultural population during the early stages of economic development, in which human growth was often retarded despite the take-off of income growth. The paper suggests that in addition to the much-discussed urban penalty effect, there must have been a rural factor that counteracted an increase in gross nutritional intake. The material used for this analysis is a set of unusually detailed conscription records for 20-year-olds who were born between 1887 and 1926 in a village of north-eastern Japan. Micro-data regression analyses conducted by controlling for the father's physical status reveal that while the coefficient of farm income is estimated to have been invariably positive, there were two kinds of negative check operating. One was the individual's migration experience which increased exposure to disease and hence had a negative effect on weight measures. The other is work intensity in farming which, via women's nutritional status, exerted an adverse influence on their children's final height.
書誌情報Bibliographic information
Vol. 55, No. 3, 2004 , pp. 193-203
HERMES-IR（一橋大学機関リポジトリ）: https://doi.org/10.15057/21887
