Abstract
Factor analysis was applied to anthropometrical measurements, 17 items in boys and 16 items in girls, related to the shoulder and the neck for garments planning, classifying 902 boys and 888 girls aged from 7 to 18 years into 4 aged groups.
The results are as follows :
1) Four factors of body form were extracted by the factor analysis. Those are size factor of the shoulder and the neck, inclination angle factor of the shoulder, inclination factor of the neck, and flatness factor of the neck.
2) It was proved that the following 5 items are necessary to classify the form of the shoulder and the neck : posterior shoulder length, neck base girth, shoulder inclination angle of right, neck base inclination, and neck base oblateness.
