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.
THE U.S. ARMY TROPIC TEST CENTER CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF 1985 LATIN-AMERICAN ENLISTED MILITARY TRAINEE PERSONNEL IN THE CANAL ZONE FROM SEPTEMBER 1965 TO FEBRUARY 1970. THE SAMPLE WAS COMPOSED OF 1852 AIRMEN AT THE U.S. AIR FORCE INTER-AMERICAN AIR FORCES ACADEMY AND 133 ARMY PERSONNEL AT THE ARMY SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS. FIFTEEN LATIN-AMERICAN COUNTRIES ARE REPRESENTED IN THE SAMPLE. COMPLETE DETAILS OF THE SURVEY AND ITS RESULTS CAN BE FOUND IN ANTHROPOMETRY OF THE LATIN AMERICAN ARMED FORCES,FINAL REPORT, BY D. A. DOBBINS AND C. M. KINDICK, USATTC REPORT NO. 729002 (AD 759949), U.S. ARMY TROPIC TEST CENTER, FORT CLAYTON, CANAL ZONE, AUGUST 1972. THE DATA FOR AGE, VARIOUS SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS AND 75 MEASURED ANTHROPOMETRIC VARIABLES ON PUNCHED CARDS WERE SUPPLIED TO THE AMRL DATA BANK BY MR. ROBERT WHITE OF THE U.S. ARMY NATICK RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND, NATICK,MASS. THE DATA WERE EDITED AND CORRECTIONS MADE BY THE STAFF OF THE ANTHROPOLOGY RESEARCH PROJECT AND THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE. AGE, X(76), TO WHICH 0.5 YEARS HAS BEEN ADDED, IS REPORTED IN TENTHS OF YEARS, AND WEIGHT, X(1), IS REPORTED IN POUNDS. ALL OTHER VARIABLES, X(2)-X(75), ARE REPORTED IN MILLIMETERS.
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WEIGHT
STATURE
CERVICALE HT
SHOULDER HT
WAIST HT
FUNCT ARM REACH
CROTCH HT
KNEECAP HT(TOP)
CALF HT
ARM REACH UPWARD
SITTING HT
EYE HT/SITTING
MID-SHOULDER HT
KNEE HT/SITTING
POPLITEAL HT
FACE BRDTH/BIZYG
BITRAGION DIAM
HEAD LGT
HEAD BRDTH
INTER PUPLLRY DIST
FACE LGT/MENT-NASL
HAND LGT
PALM LGT
HAND BRDTH/META
HEAD HT
SHOULD-ELBOW LGT
FOREARM-HAND LGT
BUTTOCK-KNEE LGT
BUTT-POPLITEAL LGT
SHLDR BRTH/BIDELT
MAX FORE-FORE BRDT
HIP BRDTH
CHEST DEPTH
CHEST BRDTH
HIP BRDTH/STANDING
LEFT HAND GRIP
RIGHT HAND GRIP
HEAD CIRC
NECK CIRC
SHOULDER CIRC
CHEST CIRC
WAIST CIRC
HIP CIRC/BUTTOCK
ARM SCYE CIRC
BICEPS CIRC/EXTEND
WRIST CIRC
HAND CIRC/META
BICEPS CIRC/FLEXED
FOREARM CIRC FLEXD
WAIST BACK
SHOULDER LGT
INTERSCYE DIST
INTERSCYE MAX
SLEEVE LGT
SLEEVE INSEAM
VERT TRUNK CIRC
UPPER THIGH CIRC
LOWER THIGH CIRC
CALF CIRC
ANKLE CIRC
HEEL-ANKLE CIRC
INSTEP CIRC
BALL OF FOOT CIRC
HEEL BRDTH
FOOT LGT
BALL FT LGT/INSTEP
BALL FOOT BRDTH
KNEELING HT
KNEELING LGT
CRAWLING HGT
CRAWLING LGT
PRONE HT
PRONE LGT
ONE HALF SQUAT
DEAD LIFT(POUNDS)
AGE
LENGTH OF SERVICE
TOE LENGTH
LOCATION
DATE MEASURED
RANK
BRANCH OF SERVICE
COUNTRY SUBJ BORN
PROVINCE SUBJ BORN
BIRTHPLACE
BIRTHPLACE
LONGEST RESIDENCE
EDUCATION
NO. LANGUAGES SPKN
LANGUAGE 1
LANGUAGE 2
LANGUAGE 3
MARITAL STATUS
TIME IN C.Z.
HANDEDNESS
GLASSES