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Analysis of Boys' Body Sizes to Suggest a Sizing System for Middle and High School Uniforms

남자 중·고등학생 교복치수 설정을 위한 신체치수 분석

  • Ryu, Eun-Joo (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Choi, Hei-Sun (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Yi, Kyong-Hwa (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • 유은주 (이화여자대학교 의류학과) ;
  • 최혜선 (이화여자대학교 의류학과) ;
  • 이경화 (가톨릭대학교 의류학 전공)
  • Received : 2013.04.05
  • Accepted : 2013.05.16
  • Published : 2013.06.30

Abstract

This study analyzes the body sizes of young boys in order to categorize a sizing system for middle and high school uniforms. The study was based on the $6^{th}$ National Anthropometric Survey (Size Korea 2010) data. The sample size consisted of 2,317 boys between the ages of 13 and 18 years. Most measurement items increased significantly relative to age and there was rapid growth between the ages of 13 and 14 years. The growth for the chest and hip was more than the waist. The drop value 1 (difference between chest circumference and waist circumference) and the drop value 2 (difference between hip circumference and waist circumference) increased remarkably from the age of 13 to the age of 15. Therefore, the waist size decreased and chest and hip became wider relative to the age increase. Middle school students had a smaller chest and hip circumference than high school students in the comparative body measurement results for middle school students (13-15 years) and high school students (16-18 years) of the same height group. The somatotype of high school students showed a long trunk length, broad chest and shoulder.

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