Journal of the Korea Fashion and Costume Design Association (한국의상디자인학회지)
- Volume 12 Issue 1
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- Pages.141-151
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- 2010
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- 1229-7240(pISSN)
A Study on Body Types Characteristics of Mongolian Men
몽골 남성의 체형특성에 관한 연구 - 18~24세를 중심으로 -
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Im, Soon
(Dept. of Fashion & Industry, Incheon University) ;
- Kim, Sang-Hee (Dept. of Fashion & Industry, Incheon University)
- Received : 2010.01.04
- Accepted : 2010.02.12
- Published : 2010.02.28
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to offer basic documents to the textile fashion industry by investigating changes of figures by various factors as each other social and environment. This study analyzes characterization and classification of body types of Mongolian men. 100 adult subjects within the 18 to 24 age group were studied. The physical measurements of the research subjects come up to a total of 63 items. Data was statistically analyzed with SPSS program using basic statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Duncan-test, factor analysis and cluster analysis. The conclusions are as follows. In the result of factors analysis in physical measurements of Mongolian men, 10 factors such as the vertical size of body, on the obesity of body, the leg size, the bust from back length, the bust from front length, the shoulder size were extracted. The accumulated contributory rate of these was 73.86%. The cluster analysis for the comparison of the body types, by categorizing the body types produced three types. The comparison of 45 items in physical measurements between Korean men and Mongolian men resulted in the differences in 20 items. While the height items including stature between them showed negligible differences.
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