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 10,123 ADULT FEMALES AGES 18-74, 6059 OF WHOM WERE BETWEEN 18 AND 45 YEARS OLD. THE SUBJECTS WERE DRAWN FROM THE CIVILIAN NON-INSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION OF THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES, EXCLUSIVE OF INDIAN RESERVATIONS. PUBLICATIONS DESCRIBING THE SURVEY ARE: 1) 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, AND 2) PLAN AND OPERATION OF THE HANES 1 AUGMENTATION SURVEY OF ADULTS 25-74 YEARS, UNITED STATES 1974-1975 BY A. ENGEL, R.S. MURPHY, K. MAURERAND E. COLLINS, DHEW, PUB. NO. (PHS) 78-1314, SERIES 1, NO. 14, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS, HYATTSVILLE, MARYLAND,JUNE,1978. 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 A SELECTED GROUP OF ADULTS AGED 25-74 AND DESIGNATED AS "DETAILED EXAMINEES". THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 20 VARIABLES, 14 OF WHICH ARE ANTHROPOMETRIC DIMENSIONS. THE UNITS ARE MILLIMETERS AND POUNDS. AGE RECORDED IN TENTHS OF YEARS PLUS .5 YEARS
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ELBOW BRTH/RT
ELBOW BRTH/LFT
"ARM GIRTH UPPER/R"
"ARM GIRTH UPPER/L"
TRICEPS SKINFLD/R
TRICEPS SKINFLD/L
SUBSCAP SKNFLD/R
SUBSCAP SKNFLD/L
BITROCHANTERIC BT
HEIGHT/SITTING
WEIGHT
HEIGHT
CHEST CIRC/INSP
CHEST CIRC/EXP
AGE
RACE
SEX
MARITAL STATUS
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH