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Karol Langstein: Type standards of gipsy schoolchildren in the Central Slovakian region

différent iation, of its own language, of its common features, of its way of life and of its cultural activity. ïhis social intégration graduaily changes into the assimilation and consolidation. A half of the Gipsy population is represented by at the âge of 15. This high percentage of Gipsy youth signalizes the relevancy of solving this question on various levels. One of these levels was the investigation focused on the assessing the standard data in the somatic development and on the hody dispositions in the Gipsy youth. These data form the base for verifying and for setting out the principal and generaliy accepted biological regularities in human organism. In our research we concerned with the regularities of the growth and development in Gipsy children. The share of Gipsy children in the total number of population in Slovak republic amount to 1. 1. 1978 about 3,9 % (189 989), out fo this, in the town of Bratislava it is 0,9 % (3207), in the West Slovakian region it is 2,6 % (42 621), in the Central Slovakian region it is 2,9 % (43 233), and in the Hast Slovakian région it amounts to 7,4 % (99 928). The share of Gipsy school-children in total number of school-children indicates much more higher indices. The distribution of this share - as far as the whole Slovakia is concerned - amounts to 6,5 %, in the town of Bratislava it is 1,4 %, in the West Slovakian Region it is 4,3 %, in the Central Slovakian region it is 4,3 % and in Bast Slovakian region it is 11,8 %. There are 46 627 Gipsy school-children at the âge of 6--15 living in the Slovak republic (23 234 boys and 23 393 girls)« The total number of Gipsy schoolchildren amounts to 10 156 in the Central Slovakian region (4 949 boys and 5 207 girls.) Within the frarne work of our research we examined 689 Gipsy children at the âge of 7—15. There are 330 girls and 359 boys examined in the course of our investigation. Our investigation was carried out at the beginning of 1978: in February, March and April. Our research was carried out by the same team and possible errors appears to be quite negîigible. Founded on the results of the Statistical characteristics we hâve calculated two body measurements for weight and for height These measurements have been taken also individually, i. e. we have calculated the standard indices for weight and height in individuals. We have assessed the relation of these îndividuals to our survey, The values of standard indices may serve not only for the reciprocal comparison of interacting signs, but they may also serve for expressing the proportionality in individuals. 96