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Accession Number:
AD0743113
Title:
Anthropometry of Air Force Women
Corporate Author:
WEBB ASSOCIATES YELLOW SPRINGS OH
Report Date:
1972-04-01
Abstract:
The report describes and summarizes the results of an anthropometric survey of United States Air Force women carried out during 1968. Included in the report are a description of the methods and techniques used in the survey, descriptions--visual as well as verbal--of the measuring techniques used, and both uni- and bi-variate statistical summaries. A total of 137 anthropometric dimensions were measured on a sample of 1,905 US Air Force women 548 officers or officer trainees and 1,357 enlisted women. This anthropometry included 5 measures of weight and fat thickness, 30 measures of body height and length, 26 measures of body girths, 15 measures of body breadths and depths, and 12 measures of body surface distance. There were, in addition, 30 measures of the head and face, 3 of the hand, and 2 of the feet. Thirteen measurements were remeasures of the subject while she was wearing a foundation garment. Background data gathered included age, rank, military occupation, birthplace, blood type, and age at menarche.
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.
Supplementary Note:
Library of Congress catalog card no. 72-600027.
Pages:
1158
Distribution Statement:
Availability: Document partially illegible.
Contract Number:
F33615-67-C-1772
Contract Number 2:
F33615-71-C-1087
File Size:
66.23MB
