Abstract
The purpose of the present study is to obtain data available for the formation of clothing habits comfortable and more conducive to health through Japan-England comparison. Field surveys were carried out during winter in both Guildford and Osaka, from which the effective date for the analysis was obtained from 207 English office workers (EW) and 840 Japanese office workers (JW) .
1) The EW wore less clothing than the JW to maintain thermal comfort in terms of the‘standardized clothing value (SCV) ’during winter.
2) Common personal human factors affecting the‘SCV’between the EW and JW were : clothing comfort factors to which importance was attached and sporting activity.
3) The EW attached less importance to appearance for winter and more to ease of movement than the JW as clothing comfort factors. Moreover, the rate of taking part in sporting activity was greater in the EW than among the JW. The findings optained indicate that the differences of profiles between the EW and JW in personal human factors mentioned above are closely concerned in the reason why the EW are warm enough during winter with fewer clothing.
