ABSTRACT
Most of the studies in the literature that have examined the long-term implications of variations in biological maturity among females have concentrated their efforts on investigating the impact of pubertal timing on fertility and the future family circumstances of the girls. The areas of interest of the long-term effects of differential menarcheal age in females are: the social life situation, including work, education and the family situation; availability of social support systems; adult personality and life values; and social adjustment as it can be measured in terms of delinquency, alcohol and drug use, and smoking. In order to examine the possible long-range differences with regard to adult education among early- and later-matured females, it was of interest to compare not only the subjects' current level of education at adult age, but also their views of their schooling in the past as well as how they looked at the possibilities for future education.
