A study on wearing condition of the school children in Japan and Korea

Abstract

A survey on the wearing condition of about 70 school children in Japan (Kanagawa) and Korea (Kwangju), focusing on the materials, the shape of clothes and the comfort sensation of the children, was carried out during each four season in 1997. They were taken photograph in every season. The thermal insulation values of each garment and ensembles, which the children wore were estimated by McCullough's equation, where the thickness of each garment was determined from the list which was made through marketing research on 201 representative children's garments. The results were as follows: The clothing weight of the children changed in order of summer <spring ·autumn < winter (indoor) < winter (outdoor) in both countries, where the weight in spring was larger than that in autumn. According to the relationship between the weight/clo value of the clothing and the air temperature on the date of survey, the Korean children wore significantly more than the Japanese children. However, the relationship between the weight/clo value of the clothing and the average air temperature of the month of survey, in two countries showed the similar regression equation curves. The results showed that the Korean children wore the clothes adjusting not for the date but for the season, and the difference of wearing conditions in two countries was mainly due to the difference of average air temperature in outside.