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 TAKEN BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1968 AND MARCH 1969 ON 9414 MEN IN THE IMPERIAL IRANIAN ARMED FORCES, CONSISTING OF 7,884 ARMY, 790 AIR FORCE, AND 740 NAVY MEN. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE SURVEY AND THE RESULTS ARE FOUND IN THE PUBLICATION ANTHROPOMETRIC SURVEY OF THE IMPERIAL IRANIAN ARMED FORCES, DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS, VOLUMES I AND II, BY S.E. NOORANI AND C.N. DILLARD JR., TECHNICAL REPORT OF THE COMBAT RESEARCH AND EVALUATION CENTER, IMPERIAL IRANIAN GROUND FORCES, TEHRAN, IRAN, 1970(PUBLISHED BOTH IN ENGLISH AND FARSI EDITIONS). SUBJECT NUMBERS RANGE FROM 1-9417 EXCLUDING 26, 107, AND 356. ALL MEASUREMENT DATA RECORDS (X(1)-X(70)) ARE COMPLETE EXCEPT FOR THE FOLLOWING--
X(24),ARM REACH FORWARD SUBJECTS 953 4120
X(25),SHOULDER-ELBOW LTH SUBJECT 4120
X(26),FOREARM-HAND LTH SUBJECT 4120
X(27),SHOULDER BREADTH SUBJECT 4120
X(28),ELBOW-ELBOW BRDTH SUBJECTS 1237 2086 4120
X(29),HIP BREADTH/SIT SUBJECTS 4120 8594
X(30),BUTTOCK-KNEE LTH SUBJECT 4120
X(31),BUTTOCK-POP LTH SUBJECT 4120
X(51),CROTCH-THIGH CIRC SUBJECT 2240
X(63),INSTEP LENGTH SUBJECTS 3640 THROUGH 6300
X(65),HEEL BREADTH SUBJECT 2403
X(66),BALL OF FOOT CIRC SUBJECT 2372
AGE, X(69), TO WHICH 0.5 YEARS HAS BEEN ADDED, IS REPORTED IN TENTHS OF YEARS,
AND WEIGHT, X(1), IS REPORTED IN KILOGRAMS. ALL OTHER VARIABLES, X(2)-X(68),
ARE IN MILLIMETERS.
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WEIGHT
STATURE
CERVICALE HEIGHT
SHOULDER HEIGHT
WAIST HEIGHT
CROTCH HEIGHT
KNEE HEIGHT
CALF HEIGHT
FUNCTIONAL REACH
COAT LENGTH
HIP BREADTH
CHEST BREADTH
CHEST DEPTH
HAND LENGTH
PALM LENGTH
HAND BREADTH
ARM REACH UP
SITTING HEIGHT
EYE HEIGHT SIT
MIDSHOULDER HT/SIT
SHOULDER HT/SIT
KNEE HEIGHT/SIT
POPLITEAL HEIGHT
ARM REACH FORWARD
SHOULDER-ELBOW LTH
FOREARM-HAND LTH
SHOULDER BREADTH
ELBOW-ELBOW BRDTH
HIP BREADTH/SIT
BUTTOCK-KNEE LTH
BUTTOCK-POP LTH
BACK-WAIST LENGTH
SHOULDER LENGTH
INTERSCYE BREADTH
INTERSCYE MAXIMUM
SLEEVE INSEAM
SLEEVE LENGTH
HEAD CIRC
NECK CIRC
SHOULDER CIRC
CHEST CIRC
WAIST CIRC
HIP CIRC
VERTICAL TRUNK CIR
ARMSCYE CIRC
UPPER ARM CIRC
BICEPS CIRC
FOREARM CIRC
WRIST CIRC
HAND CIRC
CROTCH-THIGH CIRC
LOWER THIGH CIRC
CALF CIRC
ANKLE CIRC
HEAD HEIGHT
HEAD LENGTH
HEAD BREADTH
FACE BREADTH
BITRAGION DIAMETER
FACE LENGTH
INTERPUPILLARY DIS
FOOT LENGTH
INSTEP LENGTH
FOOT BREADTH
HEEL BREADTH
BALL OF FOOT CIRC
HEEL-ANKLE DIAG
INSTEP CIRC
AGE
AGE AT ENLISTMENT
WEARS EYE GLASSES
NORMAL VISION
COLOR PERCEPTION
HANDEDNESS
RELATIVE TOE LENGT
N OLDER BROTHERS
N YOUNGER BROTHERS
N OLDER SISTERS
N YOUNGER SISTERS
N WIVES PRESENT
N WIVES DIVORCED
PLACE OF BIRTH
RESIDENCE ENT MIL
ETHNIC DERIVATION
1ST LANGUAGE
2ND LANGUAGE
3RD LANGUAGE
MAKTAB
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL
COLLEGE
BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL
OCCUPATION
SERVICE
LENGTH OF SERVICE
RANK
MILITARY DUTY