Accession Number:

ADA074807

Title:

A Comparison of Male and Female Body Sizes and Proportions

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

ANTHROPOLOGY RESEARCH PROJECT INC YELLOW SPRINGS OH

Personal Author(s):

• Robinette, Kathleen
• Churchill, Thomas
• McConville, John T.

Report Date:

1979-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

34.0

Abstract:

Utilizing the 1977 Army survey, because it is the only survey in which both military males and females were measured at the same time and place, by the same measurers, and using the same measuring techniques and instruments, this study investigates two basic assumptions about the relationship between male and female body size and proportions. The first is the assumption that a female body size can be represented by scaling down the male body. The second is the assumption that females and males of approximately equal body weight and stature are approximately equal in all other proportions. The results of these investigations serve to pinpoint where differences occur and the magnitude of those differences. This should aid in determining the designs or changes in designs which will be necessary to accommodate the female.

Descriptors:

• *ANTHROPOMETRY
• AIR FORCE PERSONNEL
• ARMY PERSONNEL
• COMPARISON
• FEMALES
• MALES
• SIZES(DIMENSIONS)
• STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
• SURVEYS

Subject Categories:

• Personnel Management and Labor Relations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE