What are the patterns of association between height and status attainment in UK males?

In all highly organized countries, researchers have been able to find differences among social classes (Olivier, 1979). Although the positive association between height and social status has been a consistent finding in the social sciences (Lundborg, Nystdt and Rooth, 2014), there has been relatively little research on the topic. Research has suggested that taller individuals are more likely to have higher educational attainment, employment, life satisfaction, have higher earnings, find mates and have more offspring  (Magnusson, Rasmussen and Gyllensten, 2006; Case and Paxson, 2006; Stulp et al., 2013; Gawley et al., 2009; Carrieri et al. 2012; Bielicki and Charzewski, 1983), it seems that individuals of taller stature seem to be more socially desirable (Roberts and Herman, 1986). The notion to begin studying the correlation between height and attainments of various kinds most likely emerged from some sort of observed behaviours. The reasoning for the development of height as a status and power marker is unknown.  One author drew parallels between human social status and nonhuman social dominance (Ellis, 1994). Humans, as other animals, tend to use gestures to communicate status to one another. In non-human animals there is a behavior that is referred to as “body-diminishing”, which is crouching, that is exhibited when a subject wants to signal subordination. (FIND MORE CITATIONS HERE).  Number of studies have shown that there is evidence for and against size being related to rank in the animal kingdom. Fischer and Nadler (1977) find that in gorillas size and rank are positively correlated whereas Schaller (1979) shows the opposite. Further, in baboons there is a larger amount of research supporting the hypothesis of rank being linked to size, namely Lee and Oliver (1979) and Hall and DeVore (1965). Evidence spanning all the way into rodents shows that size is positively correlated to status in the animal kingdom (Allen and Aspey, 1986; Barnett, 1978).  A small amount of quite niche research indicates there is a possibility that humans exhibit such behavior as well (Morris, 1977). If this is true this is interesting, especially when considering height related terminology often used to signal status. For instance, Warner and Lundt (1941) use terms such as “little people” to describe those who were powerless and poor in society, while referring to someone well off as being a part of “high society”, alluding to tall stature being superior in some way. This subtly leads to believe that stature can be a metaphor for hierarchy in society.