This data set was preserved and included in the archives of the Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (AMRL) by Charles Clauser and John McConville. The archive was called the AMRL Data Bank Library and the data were originally stored on 9 mm magnetic tapes and in a standardized format in Fortran Code.
THIS SURVEY OF 235 ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE AIRCREW WAS DONE IN 1972-73. SPONSORED BY THE AIR OFFICER COMMANDING ROYAL NEW ZEALAND AIR FORCE OPERATIONS GROUP, IT WAS MODELED AFTER THE ROYAL AIR FORCE'S SURVEY OF 1970-71. A COMPLETE SURVEY DESCRIPTION AND THE RESULTS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE PUBLICATION, REPORT ON THE ANTHROPOMETRIC SURVEY OF RNZAF AIRCREW, BY FLIGHT LIEUTENANT P.K. TOULSON BA, AVIATION MEDICINE UNIT, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, JULY 1974 (REPORT NO. AMU 3/74). PUNCHED CARDS WERE SUPPLIED TO AMRL IN NOVEMBER 1976. THE DATA WAS EDITED BY WEBB ASSOCIATES(1977) AND MINOR CHANGES MADE. THE DATA INCLUDES 62 ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS ACTUALLY TAKEN(X(1)-X(61) AND X(79)) AND 17 DEDUCED MEASUREMENTS(X(62)-X(78)) PLUS AGE AND 7 OTHER PIECES OF AUXILIARY INFORMATION(X(80)-X(87)). WEIGHT IS RECORDED HERE IN TENTHS OF KILOGRAMS TO THE NEAREST HALF KILOGRAM, ALL OTHER DATA MEASUREMENT VARIABLES, X(2)-X(79) ARE IN MILLIMETERS. SUBJECT NUMBERS RANGE FROM 2-238 EXCEPT 158 AND 187. ALL SUBJECT DATA SETS ARE COMPLETE.
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WEIGHT
FUNCTIONAL REACH
BUTTOCK KNEE LENTH
KNEE HEIGHT
KNEE PIVOT HEIGHT
SITTING HEIGHT
SHOULDER HEIGHT
ACROMIAL HEIGHT
ELBOW REST HEIGHT
BIDELTOID BREADTH
BIACROMIAL BREADTH
HIP BREADTH
CERVICALE HEIGHT
STATURE
AXILLA HEIGHT
WAIST HEIGHT
THIGH PIVOT HEIGHT
FINGERTIP HEIGHT
CROTCH HEIGHT
SPAN
INTER-ELBOW SPAN
WRIST TO WRIST
ELBOW TO FINGERTIP
ELBOW TO WRIST LEN
ANKLE CIRCUMFERENC
CALF CIRCUMFERENCE
THIGH CIRCUMFERENC
BUTTOCK CIRCUMFERN
WAIST CIRCUMFERENC
CHEST CIRCUMFERENC
NECK CIRCUMFERENCE
WAIST TO WAIST OVR
WAIST TO WAIST UND
VERTICAL TRUNCK RT
VERTICAL TRUNK LF
VERTICAL TRUNK MN
WRIST CIRCUMFERENC
ELBOW FULLY BENT C
KNEE FULLY BENT CR
BALL OF FOOT CIRC
INSTEP-SOLE CIRCMF
HEEL INSTEP CIRCMF
FOOT LENGTH
FOOT BREADTH
SHOE SIZE
HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE
HEAD BREADTH
BITRAGION DIAMETER
MAXIMUM HEAD DIA M
MENTON TO BACK-HD
MENTON TO VERTEX
TRAGION TO BACK-HD
TRAGION TO VERTEX
PUPIL TO VERTEX
NASION TO VERTEX
HEAD LENGTH
BUTTOCK HEEL LENTH
BICEPS SKINFOLD
SUPRAILIAC SKINFLD
TRICEPS SKINFOLD
SUBSCAPULAR SKNFLD
SITTING EYE HEIGHT
EYE HEIGHT (ST)
SHOULDER HEIGHT ST
AXILLA FINGERTIP L
HAND LENGTH
AXILLA-WRIST LENTH
CERVICALE TO VERTX
CERVICALE H-TH SIT
AXILLA TO CERVICLE
CERVICALE TO WAIST
CERVICALE TO CRTCH
NASION TO MENTON
TRAGION TO MENTN H
TRAGION TO MENTN V
TRAGION TO BROW RG
TRAGION TO PUPIL
TRAGION TO NASION
BITRAGION CORONL A
AGE
RANK
DATE MEASURED
DATE OF BIRTH
MEDICAL CATEGORY
CURRENT AIRCRAFT
AIRCREW CATEGORY
HANDEDNESS