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.
A SURVEY SPONSORED BY THE DEFENSE SUPPLY AGENCY AND CONDUCTED IN LATE 1965 AND EARLY 1966 BY THE U.S. ARMY NATICK LABORATORIES, NATICK, MASSACHUSETTS AND THE U.S. ARMY GENERAL EQUIPTMENT TEST ACTIVITY. THE SURVEY WAS DIRECTED BY MR. ROB ERT WHITE OF NATICK LABORATORIES, AND DATA EDITING AND ANALYSES WERE DONE BY EDMUND CHURCHILL OF THE ANTHROPOLOGY RESEARCH PROJECT, THEN AT ANTIOCH COLLEGE, UNDER CONTRACT TO THE AIR FORCE. THIS SURVEY WAS DONE ALONG WITH SURVEYS ON MEN OF THE NAVY AND ON MEN OF THE ARMY. ALTHOUGH NO COMPREHENSIVE REPORT OF THIS SURVEY HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, THE METHODOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED IN THE DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING ARE THE SAME AS THOSE DOCUMENTED FOR THE ARMY SURVEY IN TR 72-51-CE, THE BODY SIZE OF SOLDIERS, BY WHITE AND CHURCHILL, DECEMBER 1971.
SUBJECT NUMBERS RANGE FROM 1-3009 EXCLUDING 1000, 1005-2000, 2235, 2518, 2817, AND 3000. ALL MEASUREMENT DATA RECORDS (X(1)-X(75)) ARE COMPLETE, EXCEPT X(1), WEIGHT FOR SUBJECTS 811 AND 2533, AND X(68), HEEL-ANKLE CIRC FOR SUBJECT 2382. WEIGHT AND WEIGHT/ESTIMATED ARE REPORTED IN POUNDS, STATURE/ESTIMATED IS IN INCHES. ALL OTHER DATA MEASUREMENT RECORDS X(1)-X(70), ARE IN MILLIMETERS.
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WEIGHT
STATURE
CERVICALE HEIGHT
SHOULDER HEIGHT
WAIST HEIGHT
FUNCTIONAL REACH
CROTCH HEIGHT
PATELLA HEIGHT-TOP
CALF HEIGHT
VERTICAL REACH/SIT
SITTING HEIGHT
EYE HEIGHT/SITTING
MID-SHOULDER HT/S
KNEE HEIGHT/SITING
POPLITEAL HEIGHT
CHEST DEPTH
CHEST BREADTH/SKIN
HIP BREADTH
OCCIPUT-EX CANTHUS
OCCIPUT-TRAGION
HEAD HEIGHT
SHOULDER-ELBOW LTH
FOREARM-HAND LTH
BUTTOCK-KNEE LTH
BUTTOCK-POPLITEAL
BIDELTOID DIAMETER
"MAX F""ARM-F""ARM BR"
HIP BREADTH/SITING
BIZYGOMATIC DIAM
BITRAGION DIAMETER
HEAD LENGTH
OCCIPUT-NASAL ROOT
OCCIPUT-PRONASALE
HEAD BREADTH
INTERPUPILLARY DIS
MENTON-NASAL ROOT
HAND LENGTH
PALM LENGTH
THUMB CROTCH-FFB
HAND BREADTH
HEEL BREADTH
FOOT LENGTH
BALL OF FOOT LTH
BALL OF FOOT BR
HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE
NECK CIRCUMFERENCE
SHOULDER CIRCUMFER
"CHEST CIRCUMFER""CE"
WAIST CIRCUMFRNCE
HIP CIRCUMFERENCE
ARM SCYE CIRCUMFER
BICEPS CIRC/EXTEND
WRIST CIRCUMFRNCE
HAND CIRCUMFERENCE
BICEPS CIRC/FLEXED
FOREARM CIR/FLEXED
WAIST BACK LENGTH
SHOULDER LENGTH
INTERSCYE DISTANCE
INTERSCYE MAXIMUM
SLEEVE LENGTH
SLEEVE INSEAM
VERTICAL TRUNK CIR
UPPER THIGH CIRCUM
LOWER THIGH CIRCUM
CALF CIRCUMFERENCE
ANKLE CIRCUMFRNCE
HEEL-ANKLE CIRCUMF
"INSTEP CIRCUMF""NCE"
BALL OF FOOT CIRC
AGE
WEIGHT/ESTIMATED
STATURE/ESTIMATED
BOOT SIZE (LENGTH)
BOOT SIZE (WIDTH)
RANK
PAY GRADE
LENGTH OF SERVICE
EDUCATION
MARITAL STATUS
BIRTHPLACE SUBJECT
BIRTHPLACE FATHER
BIRTHPLACE MOTHER
LONGEST RESIDENCE
"NAT""NAL EXTRACTION"
BIGGEST TOE
GLASSES
HANDEDNESS