It's incredible how prevalent height frauding is

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I have been pegged for 2 or even 3 inches taller than my height too many times to count[Around women or shorter men(Keep in mind I lived in a short area at the time)] and when I corrected them they are often surprised. I guess this is because there are so many 5'10" to 5'11" guys that claim 6'0" and somehow get away with it. Thus when the often-touted reference point of 6'0" is in itself skewed, things like this can happen.

To be fair this never happened when I lived in a taller region in the western US.

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Hello Hadrian

Yes there is a discrepancy.

If you compare self-reported height and measurement, the difference is in some studies about 1.5 cm (average).

Therefore, studies concerning height with self-reported height, are to take with caution. I could imagine the degree of difference is possibly also linked to a lot of factors (importance of the height in a certain nation/country/region, average height of the studied popolation, gender etc.)

Greetings Morpheus

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I list my height as 5 inches less so that people would be surprised once they see me (It usually leaves a good impression even though I'm not close to average)