Abstract
In order to get the basic data for constructing patterns of garments, body measurements of 1637 Japanese males and females from 6 to 29 years of age, residents around Chiba City and Ichikawa City, were taken on 25 items in 1966 and 1967.
Four indices, i. e. waist girth, maximum thigh girth, crotch to waist and total crotch length in relation to the hip girth respectively, were studied in this paper.
Following results were taken :
1) Some differences between mean values of our subjects and the control group (the national statistical materials) were significant (p<0.01, <0.05) (Table 2).
2) Three indices, expect for that of maximum thigh girth, change gradually according to the age. Especially around the junior high school ages, this tendency seems to accelerate. (Fig. 1)
3) Regarding the standard deviations of these four indices, any clear tendency was found neither by age nor by sex.
4) Body proportions combined four indices, in each sex, show the differences between age groups. And the sexual differences are obvious for all age groups. (Figs. 2, 3)
