This data set was preserved and included in the archives of the Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory (AMRL) by Charles Clauser and John McConville. The archive was called the AMRL Data Bank Library and the data were originally stored on 9 mm magnetic tapes and in a standardized format in Fortran Code.
THIS SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BY THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS BETWEEN 1971 AND 1975. IT INCLUDES A NATIONWIDE PROBABILITY SAMPLE OF 3571 MALE YOUTHS, AGE 1-17, FROM THE CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION OF THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES, EXCLUSIVE OF INDIAN RESERVATIONS. PUBLICATIONS DESCRIBING THE SURVEY ARE: PLAN AND OPERATION OF THE HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY, DHEW PUB. NO. (HSM)73-1310, SERIES 1, NOS. 10A AND 10B, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, WASHINGTON D.C., U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, FEBRUARY 1973. A TAPE CONTAINING THE RAW DATA WAS PURCHASED FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS, HYATTSVILLE,MARYLAND. LEFT SIDE MEASUREMENTS OF THE TRICEPS SKINFOLD, SUBSCAPULAR SKINFOLD, ELBOW BREADTH, AND UPPER ARM GIRTH WERE RANDOMLY MADE ON APPROXIAMATELY 20 PERCENT OF THE EXAMINED SAMPLE PERSONS. CHEST CIRCUMFERENCE WAS MEASURED ONLY ON SUBJECTS AGES 1-7. THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 19 VARIABLES, 13 OF WHICH ARE ANTHROPOMETRIC DIMENSIONS. THE UNITS ARE IN MILLIMETERS AND POUNDS.
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ELBOW BRTH/RT
ELBOW BRTH/LFT
ARM GIRTH
ARM GIRTH
TRICEPS SKINFLD/R
TRICEPS SKINFLD/L
SUBSCAP SKNFLD/R
SUBSCAP SKNFLD/L
BITROCHANTERIC BT
HEIGHT/SITTING
HEAD CIRC
WEIGHT
HEIGHT
AGE
RACE
SEX
MARITAL STATUS
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH